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Rev.    Henry'  P.   Thompso 


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NEW  YORK  : 

BoAKD  OF  Publication  of  the  REKomfED  Ciiuncn  in  AifERicA. 

34  Vesey  Street. 

1882. 


CONTENTS 


PAGE 

-  3 

I.  Preface,    ----'" 

4 

II.  Dedication,     - 

5 

III.  Introduction,       -        -        -        ■ 

-  7 

IV.  History  of  the  Church, 

95 
V.  List  of  Consistories, 

-  107 
VI.  List  of  Members, 

133 
VII.  Frelinghuysen  Genealogy, - 


PREFACE. 


r  DEsmE  toftank  those  who  by  word  or  deed  l.ava  assisted  me  in  the  prep- 
aration  of  this  volume.  ^  ^ 

Dr  M<^ler  said  in  the  writer's  hearing  thirteen  years  ago  :  "  The  hi, 
^ry  of  the  Readington  Church  ou,M  to  he  written."  I  havf  <,no.ed  fr^^ 
from  him  in  tlie  following  pages.  ^ 

P.  n  Bousquet,  Esq.,  of  Pella,  Iowa,  ha,,  rendered  me  a  great  service 
by  transiatmg  most  of  the  Dutch  records  in  existence. 

John^'r';''',"""'"  ™°"""""'  °'  '*°"  '■"*•  '™'""=''  «'-  Can  of  Kev 
John  Fre  mghn.ysen,  and  the  later  Dutch  records,  as  well  as  the  extracts  from 
tWcords  hept  a.  Raritan  during  the  ministry  of  Bev,  J.  1,  Hardenberg 

accepul"!;  flr^th:  ZT^  'T,  T'"'""^  °'  °'''  ""'  "'^-^^ 
or  tne  same.     B)  their  aid  I  have  been  enabled  to  put  into 

Readington.  N.  J.,  March  1,  A.  D.,  1883.  ^'  ^'  "^^ 


TO    MY 

WHO    HAS    NEVER    KNOWN    ANY 

OTHER    CHURCH    HOME   THAN    THIS; 

WHO,  MORE   THAN  THREE    SCORE   AND   TEN  YEARS 

AGO,    HERE    RECEIVED   THE    RITE   OF   BAPTISM; 

WHO    HAS    HELPED   ME  TO    MANY    FACTS 

HERE   RECORDED, 

AND 

ENCOURAGED   ME  TO   WRITE  THIS   HISTORY, 
IT   IS   AFFECTIONATELY    DEDICATED 

BY 

THE  AUTHOR. 


INTRODUCTION. 

In  the  parly  days  of  this  Church  tlie  records  were  kept  in  a  beautiful 
liandwritin-  by  EU.ert  Stoothoff.  They  have  been,  in  the  main,  well  kept, 
and  are  often  consulted  by  persons  from  a  distance,  as  containing  valuable 
information.  But  the  books  being  frequently  handled,  and  having  been 
regularly  used  for  more  than  a  hundred  and  fifty  years  (new  books  have  been 
us..d  during  the  present  pastorate),  now  sadly  need  rebinding.  It  is  hoped 
that  this  will  soon  be  done,  and  that  they  will  then  be  deposited  in  the  fire- 
proof Library  of  the  Theological  Seminary  at  New  Brunswick,  X.  J. 

In  1748  the  first  pastor.  Rev.  Theodorus  Jacobus  Frelinghuysen,  died. 
"But  where  he  died,  when  he  died,  and  where  his  remains  rest,  are  strangely 
omitted  in  the  minutes  of  all  his  churches."  It  is  supposed  that  he  was 
buried  at  Threp-:\Ii]e  Run,  but  his  grave  cannot  be  identified. 

During  the  ministry  of  Domine  Hardenberg,  no  minutes  of  Consistoiy 
were  kept  here;    tho.se  of  the  churches  of  North  Branch,  and  Bedminster 
as  well,  being  recorded  with  those  of  the  Church  of  Raritan. 
Domine  Studdiford  kept  no  minutes  after  1796. 

With  these,  and  a  few  other  slight  exceptions,  the  minutes  have  been 
regularly  kept  since  1720.     Names  of  consistorj-  begin  niO'. 

The  baptismal  record  is  complete  from  1720.  It  appears  to  have  been  kept 
for  thirty-seven  years  by  Elbert  Stoothoff.  It  is  a  well  kept  record  Dr 
Messier  says  ;  -  It  is  one  of  the  neatest  and  best  kept  registers  we  have  ever 
seen."  Afterwards  it  was  kept  by  different  persons  in  the  congregation 
The  one  who  kept  this  record  was  styled  the  "  Clerk  of  the  Congregation  " 
and  he  was  at  the  same  time  "Precentor,"  that  is,  the  one  who  stood  in  front 
of  the  pulpit  to  lead  the  singing  of  the  congregation,  lie  announced  the 
names  of  the  tunes  before  he  began  to  sing.  When  this  arrangement  began 
IS  not  kuomi,  but  it  was  still  in  practice  in  1800. 

Keepers  of  the  baptismal  records  were  paid  one  shilling  by  the  parents 
for  recordmg  each  baptisn.,  and  this  al.so  paid  them  for  leading  the  sinking 
The  baptismal  record  was  so  kept  until  1827.  when  Domine  Van  Lew 


agreed  to  keep  tliis,  as  well  as  the  records  of  Consistory.  Both  records  were 
kept  by  him  until  the  latter  part  of  his  ministry,  since  which  time  the  Clerk 
of  Consistory  keeps  the  minutes  of  that  body,  and  the  minister  keeps  the 
record  of  baptisms  and  of  admissions  to  full  communion. 

Hendrick  D.  Vroom,  Martin  WyckofE,  Henry  Vroom,  John  Messier,  John 
Nevius,  and  Cornelius  Ten  Eyck  are  remembered  as  Clerks  and  Precentors  in 
the  Readington  church. 

The  Dutch  records  have  all  been  translated,  and  the  volume  is,  so  far,  a 
documentary  history. 

The  Frelinghuysen  genealogy  is  added  as  appropriate,  because  both  the 
elder  and  the  younger  Frelinghuysen — the  great-great-grandfather  and  the 
great-grandfather  of  the  present  Secretary  of  the  United  States — were  pastors 
of  the  church. 


HISTORY 


OF   THE 


READINGTON    CHURCH. 


The  Eeformed  Chiu-ch  at  Eeadington,  K.  J.,  was  form- 
erly "  The  Dutch  Reformed  Church  of  North  Branch."  The 
date  of  its  organization  is  not  known.  Eecords  remain  from 
the  beo-inning  of  the  ministry  of  its  first  pastor,  Eev.  Theo- 
dorus  Jacobus  FreHnghuysen.  It  is  stated  that  when  he  "  ac- 
cepted the  call  which  had  been  sent  forward  to  the  Classis 
of  Amsterdam,  it  had  been  waiting  for  him  two  years;" 
and  as  he  was  here  in  January,  1720,  the  clun-cli  must  have 
been  organized  as  early  as  a.  d.  1717.  Dr.  Messier  says, 
"  We  are  therefore  led  to  fix  the  date  of  the  organization  of 
the  church  of  North  Branch  [now  Eeadington]  between  1715 
and  1718  ;   hut  the  exact  y«ar  we  are  not  able  to  determine." 

This  church  has  had  four  edifices.  The  fii-st  stood  near 
the  head  of  Earitan  river,  on  lands  now  belonging  to  Mr. 
John  Yosseller.  It  was  about  three  miles  East  of  the  present 
chm-ch  edifice,  was  built  of  logs,  with  a  frame  addition,  show- 
ing an  increase  in  the  congregation  very  soon  after  its  organi- 
zation. It  stood  near  the  brow  of  the  hill,  the  second  river 
bank,  a  few  feet  East  from  where  the  road  fi-om  North  Branch 


village  intersects  the  road  leading  from  Readington  to  Somer- 
ville.*  Rev.  Theodoras  Jacobus  Freylinghiiysen,  who  was 
pastor  of  the  four  associated  churches,  of  Karitan,  Six-mile 
Run,  Three-mile  Run  [now  New  Brunswick],  and  North  Branch 
[now  Readington],  preached  the  iirst  sermon  in  it  Feb.  21, 

"lT-^."t 

Near  the  location  of  this  first  church  edifice,  where  Mr. 
John  Yosseller  now  lives,  John  Baptiste  Dumont,  and  his 
father  previously,  resided.  Mr.  Yosseller  has  rebuilt  the 
house,t  ^•'i^t  the  old  house,  in  part,  remains.  To  this  spot, 
Queens  [now  Rutgers]  College  was  removed  for  a  short 
time  during  the  Revolutionary  war. 

From  this  place  Colonel  Taylor,  the  Professor  of  Mathe- 
matics, wrote  a  letter  §  to  General  Washington,  excusing  his 
want  of  activity  in  organizing  the  militia  because  of  his  duties 
in  the  college. 

Tradition  says  this  first  church  was  burned  down.  How- 
ever that  may  he,  in  the  jenr  1738  the  church,  not  the  edifice, 
was  removed  to  Readington,  and  a  second  church  edifice 
erected  near  the  site  of  the  present  one.  The  building  was 
frame,  and  the  first  sermon  was  preached  in  it  October  7, 

*  Mr.  Vosseller  recently  uneartlied  tlie  foundations  of  tlie  clinrcli.  There 
were  a  few  graves  visible  near  where  the  church  stood,  about  a  hundred  years 
ago. 

f  This  double  designation  of  the  year  arose  from  the  fact  that  formerly 
the  division  between  the  old  and  the  new  years  had  been  made  two  or  three 
months  later  than  is  now  the  custom. 

I  John  Baptiste  Dumont  built  the  house  in  1795.  The  walls  and  high 
ceilings  of  that  house  are  yet  in  good  condition.  Part  of  the  timber  is  from 
the  house  which  stood  there  during  the  Revolutionary  war. 

§  The  letter  is  in  the  Revolutionary  correspondence.  It  was  published 
at  Trenton,  in  the  New  Jersey  Gazette,  a  copy  of  which  I)r.  Messier  deposited 
in  the  library  of  the  New  Jersey  Historical  Society  at  Newark. 


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1730,  l)y  the  Rev.  Theodoras  Jaco])iis  Frelinglinjscn,  from 
Ps.  48:10,  "According  to  tliy  name,  O  God,  so  is  thy  praise 
unto  the  ends  of  tlie  earth."'  The  Building  Conmiittee  ap- 
pointed for  tlie  erection  of  this  second  church  was  Joris  Hall, 
Jan  Van  Sicklen,  Nicholas  "Wyckoff,  and  Martin  Hyerson. 
Joris  Hall  and  Martin  Eyerson,  however,  did  not  serve. 

"  The  first  deed  for  lands  to  the  church  at  Keadington 
(then  known  as  Korth  Branch)  was  made,  a.  d.  1738,  by 
Adrian  Lane,  to  James  Van  Syckle  and  Nicholas  Wyckoff, 
CJinrc/i  Wcu'denSf  for  about  one  acre  of  land,  lying  in  front  of 
the  present  edifice ;  the  deed  is  recorded  in  the  ofiice  of  the 
Secretary  of  State,  at  Trenton,  in  Book  O  of  deeds.  In  the 
same  year  the  church  edifice  was  l)uilt  at  Readington.  At 
that  time  the  bounds  of  the  congregation  extended  from  the 
head  of  the  Haritan  river  westwardly  beyond  the  present  vil- 
lage of  Stanton,  and  from  the  South  Branch  northeasterly  to 
the  Alamatong  river,  including  the  Hound  Valley,  Potters- 
town,  and  Whitehouse."  (Josej^h  Thojyipson,  in  a  note  ap- 
pended to  Dr.  Yan  Lieir's  Dedicatory  Sermon,  1865.) 

Rev.  Theodorus  Jacobus  Frelinghuysen,  the  first  pastor  of 
this  clnu'cli  was  an  active  and  a  positive  man.  There  were 
Christians,  and  there  was  Christianity,  in  these  parts  l)efore  he 
came.  But  there  was  a  great  deal  of  formality  and  coldness 
with  it  all.  Domine  Frelinghuysen  determined  to  correct  this 
evil.  IIis^'iews  were  evangelical,  and  he  insisted  on  conformity 
in  the  life,  to  professions  which  were  made.  He  was  a  warm, 
earnest  preacher,  having  a  dreadful  antipathy  to  all  manner  of 
formalism,  "  Tlie  most  prominent  peculiarity  of  the  preaching 
of  Mr.  Frelinghuysen  consisted  in  those  clear  and  discriminat- 
ing views  of  the  nature  arid  necessity  of  the  religion  of  the 


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heart,  which  it  conveyed  to  his  hearers  in  pointed  language 
and  ahnost  conversational  familiarity,  *  *  The  doctrines 
of  regeneration,  repentance,  faith,  holiness,  are  nowliere  more 
strikingly  illustrated,  or  more  firmly  advocated.  He  uniformly 
insisted,  firmly  and  earnestly,  on  the  necessity  of  regeneration 
to  a  profitable  participation  of  the  Lord's  Supper.  At  a  Com- 
munion season  in  the  church  at  Six-mile  Hun  while  the  com- 
municants were  coming  forward  to  take  their  places  at  the 
table,  he  cried  out,  '  See  !  see !  even  the  people  of  the  world 
and  impenitent  are  coming,  that  they  may  eat  and  drink  judg- 
ment to  themselves.'  Numbers  went  back  to  their  seats, 
thinking  themselves  thus  publicly  pointed  out."  It  could 
hardly  be  otherwise  than  that  such  plain,  and  practical,  and 
pointed  preaching  and  dealing  with  men,  in  an  age  when 
many  church  members  depended  more  on  formality  than  real- 
ity, and  when  even  gross  immoralities  prevailed  to  an  alarm- 
ing extent  in  the  church,  should  rouse  the  evil  passions  of  men 
into  opposition. 

In  1Y29  a  movement  was  made  among  certain  persons  at 
Three-mile  Run,  who  were  dissatisfied  with  Domine  Freling- 
huysen,  to  procure  another  minister  from  Holland.  But 
nothing  ever  came  of  this  movement. 

In  1T34,  the  same  persons  probably,  encouraged  by  mal- 
contents in  the  other  congregations,  had  a  new  consistory 
ordained  for  themselves  by  Rev.  Yincentius  Antonides,  of 
Long  Island.  At  the  same  time  and  j^lace,  also,  a  consistory 
for  North  Branch  was  ordained.  These  proceedings  were  en- 
tirely irregular,  and  only  resulted  in  helping  on  the  dissatisfac- 
tion with  Domine  Frelinghuysen  and  in  increasing  his  troubles. 
Dr.  Messier  says  that  Frelinghuysen  "  never  saw  the  last  of 


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tbepe."  During  one  part  of  his  ministry ,'so  violent  was  the  op- 
position, that  the  church  door  was  shut  against  liira,  and  he  was 
not  allowed  to  administer  the  ordinances;  but  at  which  of  his 
churches  this  occurred  is  not  stated.*  During  tlie  last  seven 
or  eight  years  of  his  life  he  enjoyed  more  quiet  and  peace 
than  in  the  former  years  of  his  ministry.  "  The  great  work 
which  he  had  done  testified  of  him."  "About  sixty  were  added 
to  the  church  at  Three-mile  Run."  Numbers  were  added  at 
Earitan  and  North  Branch.  Thus  he  eaw  the  tree  of  evan- 
gelical piety,  which  he  had  planted  with  so  much  earnestness 
and  care,  bearing  fruit,  in  the  salvation  of  many  souls. 

In  1739  Whitefield  was  at  New  Brunswick.  A  very  large 
asseml)ly  gathered  to  hear  him  preach.  He  met  Eev.  T.  J. 
Frelinghuysen  there,  and  notices  him  very  kindly  in  his  jour- 
nal of  that  date.  They  Itoth  aimed  to  introduce  a  higher 
and  more  spiritual  Christianity  among  the  churches.  They 
recognized  each  other  as  partaking  of  the  same  spirit. 

HELPERS. 

in  1736  Helpers  were  appointed  for  the  different  congre- 
gations to  which  Domine  Frelinghuysen  ministered.  In  his 
absence  they  conducted  the  meetings  for  prayer,  conversed 
with  the  anxious  and  awakened,  and  instructed  the  youth  in 

*  A  pamplik't  of  150  pages,  a  complaint  to  the  Classis  of  Amsterdam 
against  Frelingliuysen,  carefully  prepared,  and  published  by  his  opponents, 
is  still  in  existence,  and  gives  an  idea  of  the  nature  of  their  opposition. 
What  it  was,  may  be  inferred  from  what  has  already  been  said.  One  of  the 
charges  was,  that  he  would  not  admit  to  the  Lord's  Supper  those  who  could 
not  give  a  satisfactory  account  of  their  Christian  experience.  Another  was, 
that  "he  insisted  strenuously  on  a  change  of  heart."  Still  another  was, 
that  he  preached  doctrines  contrary  to  the  standards  of  the  Church. 


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catechetical  classes.  In  doing  this,  the  example  of  Paul,  in 
1  Cor.  12  :  28,  was  affirmed  :  "  God  hath  set  some  in  the  church, 
first  apostles,  secondly  prophets,  thirdly  teachers,  then  mira- 
cles, then  gifts  of  healings,  liel^s,  governments,  divers  kinds 
of  tono;ues." 

A  similar  arrangement  was  made  by  the  late  Rev. 
Dr.  Mm'ray,  of  Elizabeth,  N.  J,  He  divided  his  very  large 
congregation  into  as  many  districts  as  he  had  elders,  and  ap- 
pointed one  elder  to  have  sp&c'ial  charge  of  each  district,  to 
watch  particularly  over  it;  and  if  any  were  sick,  or  needed 
particular  instruction  or  comfort,  to  inform  him,  that  he 
miglit  render  the  needed  service  without  delay. 

The  same  thing  was  done,  with  happy  results,  when  the 
writer  ministered  to  the  Keformed  Church  at  Peapack.* 

At  the  same  time  Consistory  resolved  to  "  call "  a  col- 
league to  Domine  Frelinghuysen.  The  appointment  of  the 
Helpers,  the  Call,  and  the  announcement  of  these  acts  of  Con- 
sistory to  the  congregations,  are  all  recorded  in  Dutch,  and  the 
translation  is  as  follows  :  f 

"  Anno  1736,  October  18,  held  Consistory  at  Raritan,  the 
whole  Consistory  of  the  four  congregations  being  present ;  at 
which  meeting  it  was  resolved  to  make  the  following  an- 
nouncement, as  is  done  in  all  churches : 

"Beloved  hearers,  we  announce   unto  you  that  the  Con- 

*Bat  Domine  Frelinghnysen's  elders  probably  prpached  also  in  his 
absence.  So  one  of  the  elders  of  the  First  Reformed  Church  of  Pella,  Iowa, 
preached  to  that  congregation  for  months,  and  even  years,  while  they  were 
without  a  pastor. 

f  The  translation  is  by  P.  H.  Bousquet,  Ksq. ,  of  Pella,  Iowa.  The  min- 
utes, also,  of  consistory  and  of  Coetus,  in  reconciling  parties  under  the  min- 
istry of  Rev.  John  Frelinghuysen,  were  translated  by  Mr.  Bosquet.  His  aim 
has  been  to  give  a  literal  translation  rather  than  even  intelligible  English. 


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sistoiy  of  the  four  congregations  1ms  met  at  Earitan,  and  has 
now  conchided  to  call  a  second  Dutch  minister, 

for  these  four  congregations ;  we,  there- 
fore, heseech  the  beloved  congregations  to  sustain  this  will- 
ingly, and  to  subscribe  liberally  for  that  purpose,  for  God  de- 
sii-es  that  the  chm-ch  service,  or  the  ministry  and  the  schools, 
be  maintained ;  we  pray,  your  kingdom  come,  that  the  Lord 
of  the  Harvest  send  laborers  into  the  harvest,  because  the  har- 
vest is  great  and  the  laborers  are  few.     If  we  pray  aright,  avc 
nni.;t  seek  for  the  promotion  of  Christ's  kingdom  with  our 
deeds,  and  gladly  contribute  thereunto  liberally— the  more  so, 
because  all  things  are  God's.     Therefore,  no  one  can  spend  his 
goods  l)etter  than  for  the  upbuilding  of  the  church  of  Christ, 
which  is  even  graciously  rewarded  in  temporal  matters.     lie 
who  has  all  hearts  in  His  hands  do  not  incline  our  hearts  to 
avarice,  but  to  lil.erality— especially  that  we  may  do  good  to 
His  House;  the  more  because  every  one  knows  that  the  con- 
gregations increase  in  number,  and  one  minister  cannot  possi- 
bly serve  so  many  churches,  especially  (not  then)  M'hen  he  has 
become  weak  and  old. 

"  There  is  also  announced  that  in  each  congregation  are 
selected  some  assistants  or  helpers  from  among  the  ablest 
members,  according  to  1  Cor.  12  :  28. 

"  1.  In  the  congregation  at  Xew  Brunswick  are  appointed 
&s  Helpers  the  f ollowmg : 

"Eoelof  Nevius,  Hendrik  Visscher,  and  Abraham  Ouke. 
"  2.  In  the  congregation  at  Raritan,  Hendrick  Bries  and 
Theunis  Post.* 

*  Theunis  Post  had  at  least  two  brothers,  William  and  Johannis  the 
latter  of  whom  had  a  son  Abraham,  who  had  a  son  Heury,  who  had  a 
daughter  Ann,  who  married  Joseph  Thompson,  and  became  the  mother  of 
the  writer.     (See  History  of  Hunterdon  and  Somerset  Co's,  pp.  488,  7G3  ) 


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"  3,  In  the  congregation  at  North  Branch,   Simon  van 

Aersdaalen.* 

"  In  the  congregation  at  Six-mile  Knn,  Elbert  Stoothof . 

"  These  men  are  elected  and  appointed  by  the  Consistory 
as  Helpers,  with  permission  to  hold  Bible  and  catechetical 
classes  as  catechists,  and,  also,  in  pnblic  in  the  church,  instead 
of  the  Domine,  when  he  is  absent  or  disabled  by  sickness. 
These  helpers  are  also  to  assist  every  member  and  hearer  with 
counsel,  instruction,  guidance,  consolation,  and  prayer. 

"  The  Lord  of  the  House  bless  this  upbuilding  and  edifica- 
tion, and  pour  out  upon  these  brethren  in  an  abundant  meas- 
ure the  gifts  of  His  Holy  Spirit. 

"  Finall}",  there  is  resolved  that  no  one  is  permitted  to 
hold  Bible  and  catechetical  classes  for  others,  without  consent 
of  the  Consistory  (private  catechisation  may  and  must  be  held 
by  every  father  with  his  children  and  family) ;  l^ut  a  public 
one  shall  not  be  held  hy  a  private  member  without  permission 
of  the  Consistory,  unless  he  be  thereunto  appointed  by  the 
Consistory. 

"  Action  in  our  church  meeting  at  Baritan,  date  as  above. 
"  (Signed)         T.  J.  Frelinghuysen. 
"(Do.)  Elbert  Stoothof,  Clerk." 

The  call  is  as  foUoiDs  : 

"  Reverend  Father  G.  Yan  Schuylenborgh  and  Reverend 
Mister  Jan  Stockers,  much-beloved  brethren  in  our  dear  Lord 
Jesus,  He  be  your  light  and  counsel  in  this  charge,  which  we 
now  present  to  yom'  Reverence  in  love. 

"  While  the  harvest  is  great,  and  there  is  but  one  laborer 

*He  lived  at  Millstone  (Harlingen),  near  the  old  First  Church  [Sour- 
land],  about  one  mile  from  the  church  erected  in  1753,  near  Van  Akeu  sta- 
tion, on  the  present  Del.  and  Bound  Brook  R.  R. 


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in  our  four  congregations,  therefore  \\c,  the  ConBistory  of  the 
four  combined  congregations,  have  concluded  at  Kuritan 
(Raretans),  in  the  fear  of  the  Lord,  a\  ith  uplooking  unto  the 
Lord  of  the  House,  our  great  Shepherd,  to  call  still  a  second 
Low  Dutch  (Neder  l^uytchen)  pastor  and  teacher  as  a  col- 
league of  our  Do.  Frelinghuysen,  unto  which  we  entrust  and 
qualify  you,  by  our  presents,  alike  with  our  beloved  brethren 
of  the  committee,  with  power  to  visit  (te  moogcn  assumeeren) 
one  or  two  of  the  reverend  Amsterdam  ministers,  to  call,  in 
our  name  and  in  the  name  of  the  congregations,  an  orthodox 
and  devoted  (begenadigden)  minister  of  the  New  Testament 
as  our  pastor,  as  we  do  hereby  call  your  Keverence,  Mr. 

,  as  our  second  ordinary  pastor  and  teacher,  to 
preach  the  Holy  Gospel  with  power,  that  our  flock  may  be 
fed  Mith  pure  food,  to  administer  faithfully  the  Holy  Sacra- 
ments according  to  the  institution  of  Christ  and  the  practice 
/of  the  apostles,  to  catechise  the  youth,  to  exercise  discipline 
prudently  with  the  Consistory,  to  visit  the  sick ;  further,  to  ob- 
serve all  tlie  parts  of  the  ministry  faithfully,  doing  the  work 
of  an  evangelist,  in  such  a  manner,  that  we  may  be  fully 
assured  of  your  service.  Your  Heverence  will  have  to  preach 
in  all  those  churches  in  which  our  present  minister  preaches, 
and  in  others  in  which  he  may  hereafter  have  to  preach. 

"  On  our  part,  we  promise  your  Reverence  all  the 
years,  and  every  year,  the  sum  of  eighty  pounds,  money 
current  in  this  country,  as  a  salary,  each  pound  being  from 
six  to  seven  Holland  guilders,  and,  besides,  a  comfortable 
residence,  with  fifty  acres  of  land,  free  fuel,  at  3'our  Rever- 
ence's door,  one  free  horse  with  his  equipments,  witli  Avliich 
your  Reverence  will  have  to  travel  to  till  your  appointments 


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among  the  different  congregations ;  your  Reverence  will  also 
be  cared  for  with .  food  where  you  perform  service ;  we  will 
also  reimbm-se  the  Keverend  Classis  for  the  expenses  of  the 
peremptory  examination  and  ordination;  and,  fm-thermore, 
free  passage  with  your  goods  hither.  Finally,  Ave  promise  to 
pay  you  immediately,  at  the  delivery  of  your  first  sermon, 
one  half-year's  salary — namely,  forty  pounds. 

"  The  Lord  of  the  Harvest  incline  your  Reverence's  heart, 
and  send  you  out  into  His  harvest  in  this  New  World,  in 
which  great  gain  has  already  been  made  (not  without  opposi- 
tion, however),  and  still  gain  is  to  be  made  for  King  Jesus. 

"  The  Shepherd  of  Israel,  He  who  holds  the  stars  in  His 
right  hand,  regard  this  young  vine,  which  has  been  planted  by 
His  right  hand,  in  order  that  we  may  be  furnished  with  a 
faithful  w^atchman.  The  Prince  of  Life,  who  has  been  raised 
to  a  Prince  and  a  Saviour,  to  whom  is  given  all  power  in 
heaven  and  upon  earth,  draw  our  hearts  unto  Him,  that  we 
may  be  laboring  heartily  to  seek  God's  face  in  humble  prayer. 

"  Our  Do,  Frelinghuysen  indicates,  by  the  fact  that  he 
personally  subscribes  this,  that  he  is  anxious  that  there  be 
called  a  pious  man  as  his  colleague,  co-laborer,  and  co-striver, 
in  which  desu"e  he  exclaims,  longingly,  'Brother,  come  over; 
we  will  meet  you  brotherly.'  But  for  the  faithful  performance 
of  the  promises  to  our  newly-called  minister  we  bind-  our- 
selves— we,  the  members  of  Consistory  of  the  respective  con- 
gregations, for  ourselves  and  our  successors,  which  we  promise 
and  confirm  l)y  our  signatures. 

"  Raritan,  action  in  our  church  meeting. 

"  N.  B. — This  is  now  declined  by  Do.  Schuylenborgh." 

At  the  same  meeting  of  Consistory,  when  "  Helpers  "  were 


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appointed,  it  was  decided,  iiUo,  that  the  Consistory  should  meet 
four  times  in  each  year — once  a  year  in  each  congregation — 
just  before  the  sacrament  of  the  Lord's  Supper  Avas  dispensed. 

March  4,  IToT,  the  churcli  of  North  Branch  determined 
+o  build  a  new  chun-h  editice.  The  resolution  was  carried 
into  effect  by  erecting,  in  1738,  a  new  church  at  Eeadington. 
This  is  the  building  known  to  the  old  people  of  the  present,  at 
KeadingtoQ,as  the  "Old  chm-ch." 

Domine  Frelinghuysen  died  in  his  fifty-seventh  year. 
His  field  of  labor  had  been  very  extensive,  from  New  Bruns- 
wick to  Eeadino'ton — in  leno;th  from  fifteen  to  twentv  miles, 
and  in  breadth  from  ten  to  twelve  miles.  Li  this  field  he 
labored  Avith  an  energy  and  perseverance  seldom  equaled. 
This  region  has  been  called  the  "  Garden  of  the  Dutch 
Church."  Its  character  is  in  no  small  measure  owing  to  this 
faithful  pastor's  persevering  efforts.  Dr.  Archibald  Alexan- 
der* once  said :  "  If  jon  wish  to  find  a  community  character- 
ized by  an  intelligent  piety,  a  love  of  order,  and  all  that  tends 
to  make  society  what  it  should  be,  seek  it  among  the  people 
of  Somerset  and  Middlesex.  And  their  present  character," 
ne  adds,  "  is  owing  veiy  much,  under  God,  to  the  faitliful 
preaching  of  the  Gospel  under  old  Domine  Frelinghuysen." 

THE  CHURCH  AT  READINGTON 

stood  within  a  few  feet  of  the  site  of  the  present  edi- 
fice, a  little  to  the  Southwest,  near  the  present  "  old  locust 
trees."     There  was  good  room  for  a  wagon  road  between  the 

*  Of  whom  the  writer  once  hoard  Dr.  Cainphell  say:  "When  Dr.   Alex- 
ander died,  one  of  the  greatest  lights  the  world  ever  saw  went  oul  " 


IS 


front  of  the  chnrch  and  the  trees.     This  second  church-build- 
ing remained,  maintaining  the  same  form,  hut  with  various 
alterations  and  additions,  as  the  place  of  meeting  for  divine 
worship  for  the   congregation  until  1833-ninety-five  years. 
It  then  gave  place  to  a  larger  and  more  commodious  house  of 
worship!  55  X  TO  feet,  with  three  galleries.     The  congregation 
worshipped  in  the  large  Dutch  barn  of  Aaron  Lane,  about 
one  quarter  of  a  mile  Southwest  of  the  site  of  the  church, 
while  it  was  in  building.     The  Building   Committee  at  this 
time  was  John  ^Y.   Hall,  John  Klhie,  and  John  Yoorhees 
[commonly  known  in  the  writer's  childhood  as  "Uncle  John," 
or  "Centerville  John,"  Voorhees]. 

When  the  church  was  raised,  all  went  well  till  the  plates 
were  being  put  up.     For  some  reason  the  long  piece  of  tim- 
ber couldn't  be  got  in  position.     There  were  several  pieces  of 
timber  behind  the  frame,  with  one  end  resting  on  the  ground 
and  the  other  on  a  beam  of  the  standing  frame.     John  W. 
Hall,  one  of  the  Building  Committee,  was  a  lame  man,  and 
walked  with  a  cane.     He  was  then  about  sixty-tive  years  old, 
and  in  his  earlier  years  had  followed  the  trade  of  a  carpenter. 
[In  the  writer's  childhood  he  was  generally  spoken  of  as  "  Old 
Carpenter  Hall."]     After  considerable  "  ado  "  had  been  made 
about  getting  a  plate  up,  and  it  did  not  go  into  position,  with 
an  impatient  exclamation  he  threw  down  his  cane,  and  to  the 
surprise  of  all,  and  horror  of  many,  walked  up  one  of  the 
pieces  of  timber  that  rested  on  the  beam,  and,  when  thus  ele- 
vated, shouted  orders  how  to  handle  the  timber. 

Not  long  before  Mr.  Hall's  decease,  he  was  reminded  of 
this  incident.  "  Do  you  think  I  shall  ever  be  as  active  as  that 
again?"  was  his  response. 


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"  Ah,  no,  j\Ir.  Hall,  -vvo  can't  expect  yon  ever  again  to 
be  as  active  as  that/' 

Qnick  and  eager  came  the  rejoinder:  "Yes,  I  will!  yes, 
I  will !    Wait  till  I  get  my  resnrrection  body,  and  yon'll  sec  !  " 

The  builder  of  tlie  clnn-ch  was  Jacob  Yoorhees.  It  was 
built  by  contract,  and  the  bnilder  was  to  take  the  old  church 
valued  at  six  hundred  dollars,  as  part  of  the  payment  for  the 
new^  church.  George  Vlerebome  and  Joseph  Thompson  were 
a  committee  to  apportion  this  sum  to  the  pew-holders  in  the 
old  church,  according  as  the  pews  had  been  rated  when  the 
church  had  been  repaired  in  1793.  It  was  so  much  paid  for 
those  who  bought  pews  in  the  new  chur(^h,  and  those  who  did 
not  buy  pews  then  had  their  share  of  the  money  paid  directly 
to  them. 

The  church  was  dedicated  December  22,  1833.  The 
dedicatory  sermon  was  preached  hy  the  pastor,  Ecv.  Jolm 
Yan  Liew,  from  2  Chron.  7:1,  "  And  the  glory  of  the  Loi'd 
filled  the  house." 

This  edifice  remained  without  any  material  alteration 
until  March  22,  1861,  when  it  was  destroyed  by  fire.  The 
fire  originated  from  the  stove-pipe  where  it  passed  through  the 
East  gallery.  The  church  was  soon  replaced  by  the  present 
large  and  commodious  building.  This  is  56  x  76  feet,  with  a 
])asement  56  feet  square.  While  this  was  in  course  of  erec- 
tion the  congregation  worshipped  in  a  tent,  wdiich  was  pro- 
vided for  that  purpose,  a  little  way  East  of  the  church.  This 
providing  a  tent  in  wliich  to  w^orship  was  a  happy  thought.  It 
w-as  first  suggested  by  Jacob  F.  Handolph,  Esq.,  the  son-in-law 
of  Dr.  Yan  Liew,  who  immediately  spoke  of  it  to  Consistory, 
and  they  at  once  took  measures  to  provide  the  tent.     It  was 


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very  large,  seating  more  people  than  the  church  had  fonnerlj 
done.  This  kept  the  congregation  from  scattering;  and  the 
novelty  of  worshipping  in  a  tent  attracted  many,  for  the  time, 
who  were  not  regular  attendants  at  the  Readington  church. 
It  was  in  the  summer  season,  too,  and  it  was  a  cool  and  de- 
lightful place  in  wliich  to  spend  the  time  devoted  to  the  Sab- 
bath service.  The  Building  Committee,  in  1864,  for  building 
the  present  church  edifice,  was  Herman  Hageman,  George 
Davis,  and  Jacob  G.  Schomp.  It  was  built  by  contract,  and 
cost,  with  furniture,  about  eighteen  thousand  dollars. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  articles  deposited  in  the  corner 
stone  laid  at  the  southeast  corner  of  the  church,  August  22d, 
A.  D.,  1864:— Bible,  Hymn  Book  of  R.  P.  D.  Church, 
Christian  Ahnanac,  Christian  Intelligencer,  Hunterdon  Demo- 
crat, Church  Record,  box  of  coin  and  United  States  currency, 
Compendium  of  R.  P.  D.  Church,  Fourth  of  July  oration  at 
Readington,  A.  D.,  1846,  by  Rev.  P.  O.  Studdiford,  D.  D., 
Deed  of  old  parsonage,  Hunterdon  Repuljlican,  Somerset 
Unionist,  Nero  York  Daily  Times,  August  22cl,  1864,  True 
American,  Trenton,  IST.  J.,  May  31st,  1813,  Excise  Tax  Law. 

The  new  church,  being  completed,  was  dedicated,  with 
appropriate  services,  July  20,  A.  D.  1865.  Agreeably  to  ap- 
pointment, Rev.  Henry  P.  Thompson  of  Peapack,  offered 
the  Invocation,  and  pronounced  the  Salutation ;  Rev.  Dr. 
Rogers  of  Bound  Brook,  read  the  Scripture ;  and  prayer  was 
offered  by  Rev.  Dr.  Blauvelt,  of  Lamington.  The  sermon  was 
preached  by  the  pastor,  Rev.  John  Yan  Liew,  from  Haggai  2 
9,  "  The  glory  of  this  latter  house  shall  be  greater  than  the 
former  saith  the  LORD  of  hosts :  and  in  this  place  will  I  give 
peace   saith  the  LORD  of  hosts."     The  Rev.  Dr.  Peter  O. 


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Studdiford,  of  Lambertville,  N.  J.,  made  an  address,  Dr.  jNIcss- 
ler  congratulated  the  people  on  the  completion  of  the  edifice ; 
and  Rev.  Samuel  ^.  Studdiford,  son  of  Dr.  Stnddifoi-d  of 
Lambertville,  and  a  grandson  of  a  former  pastor  of  the  church, 
pronounced  the  benediction.  The  dedicatory  prayer  was 
offered  by  the  Rev.  Gabriel  Ludlow,  D.  D.,  of  Neshanic,  N.  J. 
This  prayer  was  so  characteristic  of  the  author,  so  appro- 
priate, and  so  comprehensive,  that  it  is  given  as  Dr.  Ludlow 
liimself  furnished  it  for  publication,  by  request  of  Consistory, 
who  also  requested  and  published  the  sermon  of  Dr.  Van  Liew. 

DEDICATORY    PRAYER. 

"  Great  Sovereign  of  all  worlds  and  all  creatures — the  holy, 
just,  wise,  good,  true,  infinitely  glorious,  blessed  forever — we 
again  approach  Thee  with  the  deepest  prostration  of  spirit, 
acknowledging  and  feeling  that  we  are  of  little'  account  in  Thy 
sight  as  creatures ;  that  we  are  guilty  and  depraved  exceed- 
ingly ;  that  our  best  worship  and  services  are  full  of  grievous 
deficiencies  ;  yet  we  believe  that  Thou  wilt  accept  us  through 
that  Mediator  whom  Thou  Thyself  hast  appointed.  We  are 
here  before  Thee  to  perform  no  idle  or  unmeaning  ceremony. 
"We  feel  this  to  be  a  festive  and  joyous,  but,  at  the  same  time, 
most  solemn  occasion ;  and  we  thank  Thee  for  giving  us  such 
a  bright,  beautiful,  and  auspicious  day  for  these  solemnities. 
Thou  hast  disappointed  our  fears  and  greatly  exceeded  our 
expectations. 

"  This  people,  through  Thy  good  liand  upon  them,  have 
erected  a  house  for  Thy  Name  and  worship.  They  have  con- 
ti'ibuted  liberally  and  freely  for  the  accomplishment  of  their 


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purpose.  We  tliaiik  Thee  for  putting  it  into  then  iiearts  to 
do  this.  We  thank  Thee  for  the  delightful  feeling  of  una- 
nunity  that  has  attended  this  whole  enterprise.  We  thank 
Thee  that,  from  the  laying  of  the  first  foundation-stone  to  the 
completion  of  the  work,  thej  have  been  signally  favored  and 
prospered.  We  thank  Thee  that  no  serious  accident  has  been 
permitted  to  befall  the  builders,  or  their  assistants,  to  throw 
a  shade  over  this  occasion  or  to  connect  any  mournful  associ- 
ations with  this  edifice.  And  now  this  people  would  give  this 
house  to  Thee.  They  well  know.  Great  God,  that  they  can 
add  nothing  to  Thee,  and  that  the  substance  they  have  contrib- 
uted has  been  all  of  Thee.  Yet  they  feel  it  to  be  a  privilege 
to  dedicate  this  house  to  Thee,  and  will  esteem  it  a  high  honor 
to  have  their  gift  accepted. 

"And  now  Jehovah,  uncreated,  all-sufficient,  everlasting, 
unchangeable,  the  God  of  salvation,  our  covenant  God,  the  tri- 
une God — Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost — to  Thee  we,  with 
one  mind  and  one  heart,  dedicate  it.  Thou,  Father  Almighty, 
Maker  of  the  heavens  and  the  earth — Thou,  Father  of  om" 
Lord  Jesus  Christ,  Thou  Father  of  Christ's  people  for  His  sake, 
our  Father  in  Christ,  to  Thee  we  dedicate  it.  Son  of  God,  only- 
begotten,  dearly-beloved,  King  of  glory.  Lamb  of  God  who 
died  to  take  away  the  sins  of  the  w^orld,  and  who,  after  Thou 
hadst  overcome  the  sharpness  of  death,  didst  open  the  King- 
dom of  heaven  to  all  believers — to  Thee  we  dedicate  it.  Holy 
Spirit,  proceeding  from  the  Father  and  the  Son — Thou  who 
enlightenest  those  who  are  in  darkness,  and  quickenest 
those  who  are  dead  in  trespasses  and  sins — who,  strength- 
enest  the  weak;  Thou  great  Purifier  of  a  polluted  race — 
Thou    Comforter   of    such    as    are    in    trou1)le,   to    Thee   we 


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dedicate  it.  Arise,  O  Lord,  and  enter  into  Thy  rest !  Tal^e 
full  possession  of  that  which  is  Thine  own — of  that  which  Thy 
people  have  cordially  and  cheerfully  given  to  Thee. 

"  And  now,  preserve  that  which  belongeth  to  Thee.  This 
people  have  employed  much  skill  and  the  most  substantial 
materials  to  render  this  house  a  durable  one,  to  be  handed 
do^^^^  from  generation  to  generation  as  a  place  of  worship,  l)ut 
they  are  fully  aware  of  the  frailty  of  all  earthly  things.  Thou 
knowest  better  than  we  do  the  dangers  to  which  this  house  mav 
be  exposed  in  the  future.  Shield  it,  Great  God,  from  the  M-ick- 
edness  and  violeuc^  of  man ;  fi-om  the  fires  that  would  consume 
it  and  reduce  it  to  a  heap  of  smouldering  ashes  ;  from  the  light- 
ning that  would  rend  it  in  pieces ;  from  the  dreadful  Tornado 
that  would  prostrate  it  and  scatter  its  fragments  in  every 
direction.     We  beseech  Thee  to  hear  us,  good  Lord. 

"  And  now  may  it  please  Thee  to  make  it  a  blessing  to 
this  church  and  congregation,  and  indirectly  to  the  surrounding 
churches,  and  to  the  whole  race  of  mankind.  May  Thy  people 
here  enjoy  intimate  and  deliglitful  Christian  fellowship  mth 
one  another  through  many  successive  Sabbaths ;  especially 
when  they  sm-round  the  ta])le  of  tlieii-  gracious  Master.  Here 
may  tliat  holy,  celestial  fire,  be  kindled  in  tlie  breasts  of  this 
people  whicli  \\ill  be  carried  ^way  by  them  to  theii*  o\vn  dwell- 
ings and  to  the  different  districts  of  this  widely-spread  chm-ch 
and  congregation.  Here  may  scenes  be  witnessed  and  events 
take  place  which  will  cause  an  overflowing  joy  before  the 
angels  and  glorified  spirits  before  the  throne  of  God  and  the 
Lamb.  Here  may  Thy  servant,  the  pastor  of  this  people^ 
stand  through  several  successive  years  still,  though  far  ad- 
vanced in  life,  to  minister  in  holy  things ;  and  mav  las  last 


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years  be  those  of  more  usefulness  and  success  tlian  those  of  his 
youth  and  the  middle  period  of  his  pastorate.  When  he  is  in 
this  place,  the  mouth  of  the  people  to  Thee,  presenting  their 
supplications,  intercessions,  thanksgivings,  confessions,  and  ac- 
knowledgments, then  hear  Thou,  and  accept,  and  answer,  and 
forgive.  And  when  he  is  Thy  moutli  unto  the  people,  dis- 
pensing that  truth  which  He  loves,  and  of  the  sweetness  and 
power  of  which  he  has  long  had  experience,  then  accompany 
the  dispensation  of  that  truth  with  a  divine  and  irresistible 
influence  from  on  high,  to  render  it  gloriously  efficacious.  May 
the  truth  from  his  lips  be  instrumental — greatly  so — in  giving 
light  to  the  benighted  mind  ;  in  awakening  the  careless  and 
secure ;  in  communicating  a  spirit — a  life — to  such  as  are 
dead ;  in  cheering  and  comforting  the  weary  and  desponding 
one  ;  in  establishing  the  unsettled  ;  in  reclaiming  and  restoring 
the  backslider ;  in  winning  many  souls  and  training  them  for 
glory. 

"  Arise,  O  Lord,  and  enter  into  this  Thy  rest.  Thy 
people  can  well  dispense  with  the  ark  of  Thy  strength  ;  with 
the  fire  that  fell  from  heaven  and  consumed  the  sacrifice  upon 
the  altar ;  with  the  cloud  that  filled  Thy  house  of  old,  so  that 
the  priests,  Thy  ministers,  could  not  enter  to  perform  their 
work.  They  can  well  dispense  mth  the  symbols  of  Thy  pres- 
ence if  Thou  wilt  condescend  to  grant  them  that  gracious 
presence  Avhich  these  symbols  w^ere  designed  to  represent ;  if 
Thou  wilt  fill  this  house  with  that  glory,  and  wilt  here  bestow 
a  laro-.e  and  overflowing  measure  of  Thy  peace. 

"  May  Thy  presence  be  here.  May  it  be  in  the  heart  of 
Thy  servant  alway,  to  cheer  and  sustain  him.  May  it  be  in 
the  hearts  of  the  officers  of  this  church ;  in  the  heart  of  every 


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member  of  this  communion ;  in  every  one  of  these  families. 

"  And  to  tlie  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost,  shall  he  all 
the  praise  forever.     Amen." 

This  church  has  had  eight  pastors  in  its  more  than  one 
Innidred  and  sixty  years  of  existence.  Their  names,  and  the 
dates  of  their  pastorates,  are  as  follows : — 

Theodorus  Jacolms  Frelinghuysen,        -      '1720-48. 
John  Frelinghuysen,  -  -  1750-54. 

Jacob  Rutzen  Harden!  )erg,  -  -       1758-81. 

Simeon  Yan  Artsdalen,       -  -    '         1783-86. 

Peter  Studdiford,  -  -  -       1787-1826. 

John  Yan  Liew,      -  -  -  1827-69. 

John  Guernsey  Yan  Slyke,  -  -       1869-70. 

John  H.  Smock,      -  -  -  1871- 

List  of  churches,  with  date  of  organization  and  names  of 
Pastors  or  Supplies,  which  have  been  connected  with,  or  formed 
fi'om,  Keadington  church. 

Raeitan,  1699 ;  supplied  occasionally  by  G.  Bertholff, 
1699-1720;  T.  J.  Frelinghuysen,  1720-48;  (Arondeus  Co?i- 
ferent/e,  1747-54,)  J.  Frelinghuysen,  1750-4 ;  J.  E.  Ilarden- 
berg,  1758-81 ;  T.  F.  Romeyn,  1784-5 ;  J.  Duryee,  1786-98; 
J.  S.  Yredenberg,  1800-21  ;  R.  D.  Yan  Kleek,  1826-31 ;  A. 
Messier,  1832-79 ;  J.  Preston  Searle,  1881— 

New  BRtTNSwicK  [Three-mile  Pum  1703]  1717;  T.J.  Fre- 
linghuysen, 1720-48  ;  J.  Leydt,  1748-83  ;  J.  R.  Hardenberg, 
1786-90;  Ira  Condict,  1794-1811;  J.  Sclmreman,  1812-13; 
Jesse  Fonda,  1813-17;  J.Ludlow,  1817-19;  I.  Ferris,  1S21-4; 
J.  B.  Hardenberg,  1825-9  ;    Jacob  J.  Janeway,  1830-1 ;    S.  B. 


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Howe,  1832-61 ;  R  H.  Steele,  1863-80 ;  T.  C.  Easton,  1881— 

Six-MiLE-KuK  [Three-mile-Kuii  1703]  ITlT ;  T.  J.  Freling- 
hujsen,  1T20-4T ;  (Arondeus,  Conferentie,  1747-54:,)  J.  Leydt, 
1748-83  ;  J.  M.  Van  Harlingen,  1787-95 ;  Jas.  S.  Cannon, 
1797-1826  ;  Jas.  Romeyn,  1828-33  ;  Jacob  C.  Sears,  1833-78  ; 
AVm.  E.  Taylor,  1878— 

Haklingen  1727;  T.  J.  Frelinghuysen,  1729-48;  (Aron- 
deus, Conferentie,  1747-54:,)  J.  Frelinghuysen,  1750-4;  J.  11. 
Hardenberg,  1758-61 ;  J.  M.  Van  Harlingen,  1762-95  ;  W.  E. 
Smith,  1795-1817;  H.  Polhemus,  1798-1808;  P.  Labagh, 
1809-44;  J.  Gardner,  1844-81  ;  J.  S.  Gardner,  1881  — 

Neshanic,  1752  ;  J.  E.  Hardenberg,  1758-61  ;  J.  M.  Yan 
Harlingen,  1762-95  ;  S.  Froeligh,  1780-6  ;  W.  E.  Smith,  1794- 
1817;  H.  Polhemus,  1798-1808;  P.  Labagh,  1809-21;  G 
Ludlow,  1821-78  ;  J.  Hart,  1875— 

Bedminster,   1758 ;  J.  E.  Hardenberg,  1758-81  ;    T.  F. 
Eomeyn,  1784-5  ;  J.  Duryee,  1786-1800  ;  P.  Studdiford,  1787- 
1800;  J.  Schureman,  1800-7 ;  C.  Hardenberg,  1808-20  ;  I.  M. 
Fisher,  1821-38  ;  Geo.  Schenck,  1840-52  ;  Wm.  Brush,  1852-      # 
65  ;  C.  H.  Pool,  1866-75  ;  J.  L.  McXair,  187/—  j^ 

HiLLSBOKOUGH,  1766 ;  supplied  by  J.  E.  Hardenberg,  J. 
Leydt,  and  J.  M.  Yan  Harlingen,  1766-74  ;  C.  Foering,  1774-9  : 
S.  Froeligh,  1780-6 ;  J.  M.  Yan  Harlingen,  1787-95  ;  Jas.  S. 
Cannon,  1797-1807;  J.  Schureman,  1807-9;  J.  L.  Zabriskie, 
1811-50;  J.  De  Witt,  1850-63;  E.  T.  jCorwin,  1863— 

EocKAWAY,  1792  ;  J.  Duryee,  1799-1801 ;  C.  T.  Demarest, 
1808-13  ;  Jacob  I.  Shults,  1816-34;  P.  S.  Williamson,  1835-9  ; 
Jas.  Otterson,  1840-5  ;   G.  Talmage,  1845-51 ;    L.  L.  Comfort, 


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1852-4 ;  A.  Lloyd,  1855-6  ;  S.  Sturges,  1857-63 ;  E.  Van  Slyke, 
1865-T ;  AVin.  Bailey,  1868— 

North  Branch,  1825  ;  Gee.  11.  Fisher,  1826-30  ;  A.  D. 
Wilson,  1831-8;  J.  K.  Campbell,  1838-54;  P.  M.  Doolittle, 
1856— 

Stanton,  1833  ;  J.  R.  Van  Arsdale,  1835-50  ;  II.  Doo- 
little, 1852-72 ;  E.  Cornet,  1872-6  ;  A.  J.  Martine,  1876—82, 

BRANcm'iLLE,  1850  ;  II.  Dater,  1850-3  ;  AVm.  Pitcher, 
1854-79  ;  Wni.  E.  DaAds,  1879— 

Three  Bridges,  1874  ;  P.  D.  Oakey  (S.  S.),  1874-6  ;  H. 
Doolittle  (S.  S.),  1876-7  ;  G.  Lane,  (S.  S.),  1877-80  ;  S.  E. 
Bii-dsall,  1880- 

JOHN    FRELINGHUYSEN, 

son  of  Theodoras  Jacobus  Frelinghuysen,  was  the  successor  of 
liis  father  in  the  ministry  of  Earitan,  North  Branch,  and  Mill- 
stone [now  Harlingen].  Three-mile  Bun  [now  New  Bruns- 
wick] and  Six-mile  Bun  had  withdrawn  from  association  with 
these  churches,  and  tt)gether  liad  called  Bev.  John  Leydt. 
Millstone,  which  the  elder  FreHnghuysen  had  served  from 
1729,  now  formed  part  of  the  collegiate  charge  to  which  the 
younger  FreHnghuysen  ministered.  He  was  distinguished  for 
iiis  eloquence,  and  was  joyfully  received  by  the  people.  But 
on  his  way  to  Coetus,  in  1754,  he  was  suddenly  taken  sick, 
and  died,  Septeml)eqk5th.,on  Long  Island.  His  congregation 
felt  his  loss  very  keenly.  There  liad  been  a  great  deal  of 
trouble,  during  his  father's  ministry,  mainly  because  of  his 
evangelical  sentiments  and  his  insisting  &o  nuich  on  holy 
?iving.     The  Be  v.  John  FreHnghuysen  was  eminently  a  man 


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of  peace.  With  a  firmness  and  perseverance  remarlvable  in  one 
so  young,  he  promptly  tried  to  heal  the  divisions  already  exist- 
ing in  his  congregations.  It  is  worthy  of  remark,  that  every 
position  which  he  took  in  this  matter,  was  sustained  by  the 
Coetus.  "  But  the  troublesome  Arondeus  was  already  among 
the  people  "  laboring  to  prevent  this  design  of  Frelinghuysen. 
Fryenmoet,  also,  who  was  here  and  baptized  nine  children  in 
December  1746,  while  the  elder  Frehnghuysen  was  still  living, 
lent  his  influence  toward  the  same  end.  [Fryenmoet  also 
baptized  twenty-two  children  in  the  North  Branch  congrega- 
tion in  May,  preceding  the  coming  of  Kcv.  John  Frelinghuy- 
sen in  August,  1750.] 

The  Call  of  the  Bev.  John  Frelinghuysen  was  as  follows : 

"  Reverend  and  Dear  Sir  : 

"  We,  the  Consistory,  elders,  and  deacons  of  the  churches 
of  Baritan,  North  Branch,  and  Millstone,  Ijeing  asseml^led  in 
the  fear  of  the  Lord,  and  being  convinced  of  the  need  and  of 
the  constant  and  earnest  desire  of  our  churches  to  continue 
the  preaching  in  the  Dutch  language,  and  to  have  the  amount 
of  said  preaching  increased,  we  have  unanimou,sly  resolved  to 
Call  your  Beverence  as  om*  pastor  and  teacher,  as  we  by  these 
presents  do,  in  the  name  and  by  the  authority  of  our  churches, 
and  present  you  this  Call,  and  most  earnestly  request  and  be- 
seech you  to  come  to  us  after  your  preliminary  and  final  ex- 
aminations and  ordination  obtained  from  the  Beverend  Classis 
of  Amsterdam,  or  from  those  here  in  tliis  land  authorized  and 
deputized  by  said  Classis,  to  take  charge  of  the  holy  service 
among  us — namely,  to  preach  the  Word  of  God,  to  administer 
the  holy  sacraments  according  to  the  appointment  of  Christ, 
faithfully  to  exercise  church  discipline  in  connecf ion  with  the 
overseers  of  the  church  upon  offending  members;  and,  fur 


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tbermcre,  to  perform  Avliatcver  nuiy  l)c  rc(|uired  of  a  faithful 
servant  of  Christ  according  to  the  word  of  God  and  the  good 
order  and  appointment  of  the  church,  after  the  manner  of  our 
Reformed  Low  Dutch  Church,  established  at  the  Synod  of 
Dordrecht  1618  and  1619. 

"  Now,  in  order  to  be  a  little  more  definite,  your  Rever- 
ence will  be  recpiired  to  preach,  alternately,  in  each  of  the 
afore-mentioned  churches,  and,  when  in  health,  twice  on  each 
Lord's  Day,  except  in  winter,  and  then  only  once,  as  the  cus- 
tom here  is,  and  also  upon  the  so-called  Feast  Days,  as  is  cus- 
tomary in  the  Keformed  Low  Dutch  chun^hes.  Also,  your 
Reverence  will  be  required  to  take  charge  of  the  catechizing 
of  the  youth,  of  the  visitation  of  families  and  of  the  sick,  as 
time  and  opportunity  permit. 

"  To  assure  your  Reverence  that  this  is  our  sincere  desire, 
we  promise  you,  in  the  name  of  our  churches,  l)esides  all  love 
and  esteem  which  belongs  to  a  faithful  servant  of  Christ,  to 
provide,  first,  for  a  yearly  salary  of  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  pounds,  current  money  at  eight  shillings  an  ounce ;  the 
half  of  which,  collected  by  the  elders  and  deacons,  shall  be 
paid  each  half  year ;  and  a  suitable  dwelling,  with  thirty  acres 
of  land. 

"  Thirdly,  we  will  pay  the  usual  cost  of  your  Reverence's 
examination  and  ordination. 

"  And  we  promise  to  pei-form  and  to  do  uprightly  all  as 
al)ove  said,  so  long  as  you  faithfully,  and  according  to  yom- 
ability,  shall  perform  the  service  among  us ;  whereto  we  l)ind 
ourselves  and  our  successors  with  this  our  handwi-iting. 

"  iN'ow  may  He  M-ho  not  only  holds  the  stars,  but  also,  the 
hearts  in  His  riglit  hand,  direct  you  according  to  Ilis  will  and 
good  pleasure,  and  incline  your  heart  to  us  as  ours  is  to  you. 
Thus,  after  wishing  you  all  good  and  blessing  upon  your  person 


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and  undertaking,  we  subscribe  ourselves,  Heverend  Sir — Your 
servants  and  brothers  in  Cln-ist. 

"  Done  in  our  church  meeting, 
«Earitan,May  18,1747." 

He  preached  his  first  sermon  at  Raritan  August  3,  1750, 
from  Ps.  45 :  16,  "  Instead  of  thy  fathers  shall  be  thy  chil- 
dren." The  next  Sabbath,  August  10,  he  preached  in  the 
church  of  North  Branch,  at  Eeadington,  from  Zech.  4:6, 
"  Not  by  might,  nor  by  power,  but  by  my  Spirit,  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts ;"  and  again  in  the  afternoon  from  Zech.  6  :  12, 
"  Behold  the  man  whose  name  is  the  Branch."  On  the  suc- 
ceeding Sabbath,  August  17,  at  the  house  of  Simon  Yan 
Aersdaalen,  of  Millstone,  from  Ps.  133  : 1,  "  Behold  how  good 
and  how  pleasant  it  is  for  brethren  to  dwell  together  in  unity." 
"Bev.  John  FreHnghuysen  married  Dinah  Yan  Berg,  of 
Amsterdam,  a  woman  of  extraordinary  culture  and  piety,  who 
was  afterward  known  as  '  Jufrouw  Hardenberg.'  It  is  said 
he  had  failed  to  obtain  her  father's  consent  to  marry  her,  and 
had  sailed  to  America,  but  was  driven  back  by  a  storm. 
Going  at  once  to  see  her,  he  urged  this  cii'cumstance  as  a 
special  Providence,  showmg  tliat  he  must  not  go  without  her. 
They  were  married.  A  ship,  loaded  with  bricks  for  a  house, 
was  prepared  and  sent  off.  The  bricks  were  carted  from  the 
Haritan  Landino;  to  Somerville,  and  the  house  built  in  175L'' 

The  house,  of  com-se,  has  been  changed  and  enlarged; 
but  the  house  built  l)y  Bev.  John  Frelinghuysen,  in  1751, 
forms  one  side  of  Mr.  Joshua  Doughty's  late  residence. 

Those  who  were  office-bearers  in  these  churches  seem 
now  to  have  determined  to  act  promptly  in  attempting  to  heal 


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the  difficulty  which  hud  exi>tetl  for  almost  a  generation.  The 
three  Consistories  met  for  this  purpose  August  21,  1750,  the 
same  month  that  Ilev.  John  Frelinghuysen  began  his  ministrv. 
Thev  met  again  September  5,  1751,  and  prepared  articles  con- 
cerning the  difficulty  to  present  to  Coetus.  The  minutes  of 
Coetus,  referring  to  the  case,  and  giving  its  "  advice,"  are 
dated  Septeml)er  12,  1751;  and  on  the  25th  of  the  same  month 
the  "  three  Consistories"  again  convened  "  for  tlie  purpose  of 
complying  with  the  instructions  of  the  Reverend  Coetus."  * 

Rev.  John  Frelinghuysen  was  eminently  a  man  of  peace, 
but  he  aimed  to  have  the  foundations  of  peace  well  laid.  No 
covering  up,  nor  smoothing  over  difficulties  merely  would  do ; 
but  the  matter  was  squarely  met,  a  remedy  faithfully  appUed, 
and  the  result  proved  the  wisdom  of  the  course  pursued.  lie 
took  hold  of  the  upas  tree  with  a  Urui  hand,  and  cast  it  out, 
root  and  branch.  For  iiiirty  years  the  peace  of  Zion  had  l)een 
disturbed,  but  a  lasting  peace  was  then  obtained. 

The  two  parties  in  the  congregations  were  called  "  The 
Party  of  Domine  Frelinghuysen,"  and  "The  Malcontents." 
The  meeting  was  held  at  Raritan.  The  minutes,  translated 
into  English,  are  as  follows : 

"Having  been  called  as-  minister  of  the  congregations, 
Raritan,  North  Branch,  and  Millstone ;  having  accepted  the 
call  in  the  place  of  my  now  glorilied  father,  and  having  been 
ordained  as  minister  for  the  aforesaid  congregations  l)y  the 
Cla-^sis  of  Amsterdam  Jn  the  year  1749,  I  arrived  here  the 
next  year,  under  God's  guidance,  engaged  myself  solemnly  to 

''The  Coetus  reverently  says,  just  before  closiug  its  "advice,"   "Our 
God  give  peace  !  " 


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my  congregations  on  the  3d  of  August,  1755.*  On  the  21st 
of  that  month  the  great  Consistory — namely,  of  the  three  con- 
gregations, Earitan,  j^orth  Branch,  and  Millstone — assembled 
for  tlie  purpose  of  electing  new  persons  for  the  church  ser- 
vice. 

"  I.  Which  being  opened  witJi  prayer  by  the  President, 
and  having  read  (in  imitation  of  the  custom  in  Holland,  M'it- 
nessed  by  many)  1  Tim.  3,  the  election  of  Consistories  had  to 
be  proceeded  with;  and  in  accordance  with  the  Articles  of 
Union  entered  into  between  the  Consistories  of  Raritan  and 
North  Branch  on  the  one  side,  and  the  so-called  malcontents 
on  the  other  side,  confirmed  by  their  signatures  and  seal, 
which  now  had  to  be  complied  with  as  the  way  to  union. 

"  II.  The  fii'st  of  which  was  of  this  tenure,  that  the  entire 
old  Consistory  had  to  go  out  at  the  arrival  of  the  called  min- 
ister, and  that  then  there  had  to  be  elected  an  entu-e  new  Con- 
sistory— namely,  three  elders  and  three  deacons  in  each  con- 
gregation, in  Raritan  and  North  Branch — and  in  such  a 
manner,  that  two  elders  and  two  deacons  had  to  be  elected 
in  the  aforenamed  congregations  from  the  party  of  Do. 
Frelinghuysen :  and  one  elder  and  one  deacon  from  the  party 
of  the  malcontents,  the  election  of  which  last-named  had  to  be 
had  after  the  following  manner :  namely,  the  malcontents  in 
each  congregation  should  propose  six  persons  from  their  midst, 
out  of  whom  two  persons  should  be  elected  in  each  congrcga 
tion  as  members  of  Consistory. 

*  Tliis  date  (1755)  appears  very  plainly  iu  tlie  text  of  the  original  min 
utes,  bnt  at  the  end  of  the  minutes  of  that  meeting  is  found  the  year  1750  ; 
hence  this  1755  here  must  be  an  error. 


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"Til.  AVhereiipon  the  rrcsidcut  answered,  that  it  \v:is 
coTitnii-v  to  church  order  that  the  entire  Consistory  should  go 
out,  and  chose  rather  that  but  one  elder  and  one  deacon  should 
go  out  in  eacli  congregation,  and  the  innuber  be  filled  from 
the  six  proposed  men,  the  matter  then  still  remaining  the 
same.  But  noticing  that  the  least  change  in  the  Articles 
M'ould  give  occasion  for  l)reaking  them,  consented  at  once  that 
the  entire  Consistory  should  go  out ;  and  we  intended,  accord- 
ing to  the  made  Articles,  to  proceed  to  the  election,  first,  of 
two  new  elders  and  deacons  from  the  party  of  Do.  Fre- 
linghuysen,  and  then  to  let  the  incoming  party  propose  their 
six  men,  and  to  elect  from  them  one  elder  and  one  deacon; 
but  the  incoming  brethren  demanded  at  the  election,  as  a  com- 
pliance with  the  conditions  of  peace  on  their  side,  to  act  with 
us  as  Consistories  over  our  congregations,  and  to  have  the 
right  of  voting,  as  well  in  the  election  of  members  of  Con- 
sistory from  our  side,  as  from  their  side ;  then  still  retaining 
above  us  the  right  to  propose  six  men  as  a  limitation  for  us  in 
the  election. 

"  IV.  Thereupon  those  brethren  were  requested  to  step 
out,  and  the  matter  was  considered  by  us,  and  (a)  it  was  re- 
solved that  we  neither  could,  nor  ought  to,  consent  to  their 
request  contrary  to  their  own  Articles  and  all  sense  of  fair- 
ness; {h)  secondly,  there  was  proposed  (1)  whether  the  Arti- 
cles should  be  strictly  complied  with  in  the  election  (namely), 
to  have  theii*  six  men  in  each  congregation  proposed  to  om* 
outgoing  or  our  newly-elected  Consistory,  and  then  to  elect 
from  them  two  men;  (2)  or  whether  we  should  (ionie  so  much 
nearer  as  to  permit  their  Consistory,  over  and  above  the  pro- 


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posing  of  six  men,  still  to  vote  with  our  Consistory  in  the 
election  of  two  ont  of  those  six,  and  each  one  was  called  upon 
to  express  his  opinion  in  reference  to  this  matter ;  some  were 
in  favor  of  the  former,  and  some  in  favor  of  the  latter,  nntil 
it  was  resolved  to  propose  the  latter  to  the  brethren  who  stood 
out-doors,  and  to  be  limited  by  them  to  the  latter,  if  they 
would  come  to  that. 

"  V.  The  brethren  were  requested  to  come  in,  and  the 
latter  was  proposed  to  them ;  but  they  refused,  and  insisted  on 
acting  with  us  in  all  things,  which  we  neither  could  nor  ought 
to  agree  to,  according  to  the  Articles  that  were  made  and  to 
the  chm'ch  rules ;  and  thus  proceeded  peace  without  union  of 
mind. 

"  VI.  Thereupon  we  proceeded  to  the  election  of  new 
•Consistories;  in  the  congregation  at  North  Branch,  in  which 
Jan  Yan  Neste  and  Abraham  De  La  Meter  as  elders,  and 
Nicholas  Wyckoff  as  deacon,  went  out.  In  Avhose  place  are 
elected,  l)y  majority  of  votes,  as  elders,  the  outgoing  Jan  Van 
Neste  and  Pieter  Monf oort ;  as  deacon,  Jan  Du  Mont.  The 
minutes  of  Consistory,  being  read,  were  found  by  the  entire 
assembly  to  contain  that  which  had  been  acted  ujDon,  and, 

therefore, 

"  Subscribed  in  the  name  of  all, 

"  JoH  :  Frelinghuysen,  V.  D.  M. 

"  (Minister  of  the  Word  of  God), 
"  et  Prgeses  Synodii, 
"  (and  President  of  Synod)." 
"  Action  of  our  Synod, 
"  Raritan,  the  21st  of  August, 
"  1750." 


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"  Then  the  meeting  was  closed  with  prayer." 

Tlie  trouble  was  not  yet  over,  nor  the  storm  quieted,  as 
will  be  seen  from  the  minutes  that  follow: 

"  Anno  1751,  the  5th  of  September,  the  great  Consistory 
of  the  three  Congregations  convened. 

"  The  meeting  being  opened  with  prayer,  it  was  consid- 
ered that  Avhile  the  difference  between  us  and  the  malcontents 
was  twofold,  the  one  touching  Raritan  and  North  Branch,  and 
the  other  Millstone,  and  both  had  presented  their  matter  to 
the  Reverend  Coetus  separately,  and  two  elders  had  still  to  Ije 
delegated  by  us — the  one  fi-om  Raritan  and  North  Branch,  and 
the  other  from  Millstone — and,  therefore,  there  Mas  elected 
for  Raritan  and  North  Branch,  Pieter  Willemse ;  and  for 
Millstone,  the  brother  Simon  Van  Aersdaalen. 

"  2.  Farther,  we  took  into  consideration  the  Articles  of 
compact  between  us  and  the  so-called  malcontents  of  Raritan 
and  North  Branch,  and  more  particularly  what  party  must 
elect,  so  the  Consistories  proved  that  the  party  of  Do. 
Frelinghuysen  must  elect,  and  that  they  never  had  tliought 
anything  else.  Which  was  evident  (a)  because  they  never 
had  proposed  to  them  anything  else  than  that  they  should 
come  in  as  private  members. 

"  (i.)  Because  we  certainly  have  three — yea,  live — men 
against  their  one,  while  they  had  eight  members  of  Consistory 
against  us  six ;  and,  therefore,  w^e  never  would  l)e  willing  to 
act  so  unequally  to  give  them  eight  votes  in  tlie  union. 

"  c.)  Because  all  they  had  to  do,  as  the  incoming  party. 


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as  is  expressed  in  the  Articles,  was  to  propose  six  men,  out  of 
whom  they  were  not  to  elect,  nor  could  they  demand  any 
more. 

"  {(I.)  The  matter  itself  is  asked  by  Pieter  Willemse,  our 
delegated  elder  in  the  full  assembly.  Who  shall  elect  them  ? 
The  answer  was,  Well,  the  party  of  Do.  Frelinghuysen. 
As  we  can  show  l)y  our  witnesses,  Marten  Ryersen,  Pieter 
Middagh,  Cornelius  Wyckoff ;  even  here,  we  lack  not  for  witnes- 
ses from  the  malcontents  themselves. 

"  (e.)  Can  we  give  them,  as  members  of  Consistory, 
equal  voice  with  us,  while  they  went  out  from  among  us  and 
organized  a  church  within  a  church,  and  a  congregation  within 
a  congregation  ?  And,  therefore,  we  say  w^e  never  ought  to 
do  such  a  thing,  and  never  have  done  it.  And,  furthermore, 
we  do  here  appeal  to  the  conscieiices  of  our  malcontent  breth- 
ren, v/hich,  no  matter  what  their  moutlis  may  do,  could  vote 
with  us. 

"  3.  Ordered  that  Brother  Pieter  Monfoort  furnish  wi*it- 
ten  testimony  from  those  w^ho  have  heard  that  permission  was 
given  for  the  election  to  be  held  l)y  the  party  of  Do.  Pre- 
linghuysen. 

"  4.  Agreed  tliat  there  shall  Ije  paid  to  the  elder  who 
accompanies  the  minister  as  delegate  from  the  three  united 
congregations  to  the  Coetus  from  the  general  fund  of  the  con- 
gregations forty  sliillings,  to  defray  expenses  of  travelling  and 
lodging. 

'*'  So  done  in  our  church  meeting  the  5th  of  Septem- 
ber, 1751,  and  subscril)ed  in  the  name  of  all. 
"  JoH :  Pkelinghuysen." 


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They  could  not  agree,  aiul  so  the  matter  was  promptly 
taken  to  Coetus.  The  difficulty  was  clearly  stated  and  fairly 
discussed  at  the  meeting  of  Coetus,  and  the  decision  or  advice 
of  that  l)ody  accjuiesced  in  by  all  parties. 

The  troul>le,  and  the  manner  of  settlement  thereof  in  the 
ciiurches  of  Raritan  and  Millstone,  are  also  recorded  here. 

The  controversy  between  Do.  Frelinghuysen's  Consistory 
is  seen  from  the  minutes  of  Coetus. 


COPY    FROM    THE    MINUTES    OF   COETUS. 

"  Do.  Frelinghuysen  presented  the  writing  of  Rynier 
Veghten,  of  the  malcontents,  which  was  read  ;  and  it  was  ob- 
served that  in  the  congregation  of  Millstone  are  two  Consisto- 
ries— one  of  the  so-called  malcontents,  the  other  the  Consistory 
of  Do.  Frelinghuysen — that  those  parties  are  inclined  to 
unite  with  one  another ;  wherefore  the  so-called  malcontents 
have  proposed  to  the  Consistory  of  Do.  Frelinghuysen  that 
one  elder  and  one  deacon  of  both  sides,  with  the  minister, 
Do.  Joh  :  Frelinghuysen,  and  still  one  elder  and  deacon  of 
Do.  Frelinghuysen  be  elected,  and  those  would  then  constitute 
the  Consistory  of  the  congregation  of  Millstone. 

"  That,  on  the  part  of  Do.  Frelinghuysen,  it  w^as 
agreed  (but  with  this  reservation),  that,  first,  the  elder  and 
deacon  from  the  side  of  the  malcontents  should  be  elected  and 
ordained,  and  that  then,  with  the  remaining  one  elder  and  dea- 
con, one  more  be  elecjted ;  farther,  this  reservation  of  Do.  Fre- 
linghuysen is  stated  [as  follows]  : 

"  1.  That  they  must  be  elected  first;  for,  if  they  were  a 
lawful  Consistory,  yet  they  were  not  the  Consistory  for  which 
they  had  voted. 


"  2.  That  thej  are  then  the  half  of  the  Consistory  in  the 
anion,  while  they  do  not  bear  one-third  of  the  expenses  nor 
constitute  one-thuxl  of  the  congresation. 

"  o.  That  Do.  Frelinghuysen  must  stand  in  the  midst 
of  the  fire,  whether  he  inclines  to  the  one  side  or  to  the 
other. 

"  4.  That  the  organization  of  the  so-called  malcontents 
appears  to  his  Reverence  as  mysterious,  and  to  his  Reverence's 
Consistory  as  illegal;  and  to  that  end  they  oifer  to  prove  to 
the  Reverend  Coetus  that  they  are  an  organized  Consistory  in 
a  Consistory,  and  a  congregation  in  a  congregation. 

"  5.  That  the  bad  results,  designed  by  whoever  it  may  be, 
or  designed  to  work  evil  and  dissension  by  fraud  and  injustice, 
promising  an  honest  settlement ;  and,  therefore,  instead  of 
remedying  reproach  [or  slander],  are  paving  the  way  for  it. 

"  Rynier  Yeghten  opposes  the  reservation  of  Do.  Freling- 
huysen, that  the  reunion  must  be  made  as  has  been  offered 
by  them,  for  the  following  reasons  : 

"  1.  Because  they  are  organized  by  authority  of  the 
Classis  of  Amsterdam. 

"  2.  And  no  Consistory  in  a  Consistory,  because  the  old 
Do.,  T.  J.  Frelinghuysen,  was  only  minister  of  Raritan,  but 
not  of  Millstone. 

"  3.  It  is  also  questionable  whether  they  constitute  one- 
third  of  the  people;  and  ought  to  be  able  to  contril)ute  one- 
third  of  the  expenses,  because  they  have  a  piece  of  land  be- 
longing to  the  church. 

"  4.  The  reservation  of  Do.  Frelinghuysen  appears  to  us 
most  improper,  because  then  our  entire  Consistory  would  have 
to  go  out. 

"  5.  That  our  Consistory  has  been  organized  long  before 
the  Consistory  of  Do.  Frelinghuysen,  and,  therefore,  that  what- 
ever Do.  Frelinghuysen  says  about  us  is  applicable  to  liimself. 


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'•  Wlu-ivupou  Do.  Frclinghu3'seii,  tiiking  the  matter 
up  i):irti(iil;u-  by  particular,  contended  for  the  causes  of  his 
reservation  ;  the  lirst  was  simply  supposed,  as,  also,  the  third; 
the  second,  that  they  constitute  not  one-third — no,  not  one- 
fourtli — of  th.e  people,  proves  that  they  dare  not  promise  one- 
third  of  the  expenses,  and  from  the  lists,  because  many  of 
them  came  over  to  us.  What  they  say  about  the  church  lot  is 
without  foundation,  our  right  to  it  is  better  than  theirs ;  and 
from  the  day  that  we  came  in  the  land  we  might  have  taken 
possession  of  it,  antl  will  proba])ly  yet  take  the  interest  of  it ; 
in  reference  to  the  fourth  particular,  that  their  organization  is 
illegal,  and  that  they  are  a  congregation  in  a  congregation,  is 
plain  from : 

"  (a.)  Because  the  district.  Millstone,  is  in  the  heart  of  my 
father's  congregation,  and  he  never  could  go  from  tlie  one 
church  to  the  other  but  what  he  had  to  pass  the  Millstone 
(which  is  a  river  which  flows  into  the  Raritan). 

"  (l.)  To  say  now  that  Do.  Frelinghuysen  was  not 
minister  thereof,  it  would  be  better  to  write  to  Holland,  or  to 
say  it  to  a  stranger.  We  pray — yea,  we  beseech — that  the 
matter  may  be  investigated,  that  two  or  three  ministers  may 
look  into  it. 

"  (c.)  To  this  day,  those  who  reside  on  this,  and  on  yonder 
side  of  Millstone,  do  not  belong  to  that  so  called  congregation, 
but  to  Six-mile  Kun. 

"  (d.)  At  that  tune  Dirk  Yolkerse,  the  elder  of  Do. 
Frelinghuysen,  resided  on  the  Millstone,  and  everything  there 
l)elonged  to  the  Call  of  Do.  Frelinghuysen,  and,  therefore, 
they  are  embodied  in  the  congregation  of  Do.  Frelinghuysen. 

"  {e.)  Was  not  the  first  Consistory  organized  at  Millstone, 
but  one  Doctor  Koeter  resided  at  Ten-mile  llnu,  in  tlic  heart  of 
the  congregation  of  Do.  Frelinghjiysen  there ;  the  other  could 


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throw  a  stone  in  the  Haritan,  and  resided  in  between  two  elders 
on  the  Haritan. 

"  (/•)  ^^lio  have  elected  1)ut  mcml)ers  who  had  sul)scribed  to 
the  Call  to  Do.  Frelinghuysen,  and  separated  themselves  from 
him  ?  Who  were  the  first  Consistories  but  those  who  resided  in 
the  midst  of  his  congregations,  and  wdiere  is  Millstone,  except- 
ing in  the  heart  of  his  congregation  of  Six-mile  Run  and  Korth 
Branch?  Yea,  that  river  flow^s  into  the  Haritan,  so  that  the  con- 
gregation of  Millstone  is,  as  the  English  say  of  Tromp, '  Tromp 
here,  Tromp  tliere,  Tromp  everywhere !  '*  And,  therefore,  we 
insist  that  they  are  a  Consistory  in  a  Consistory,  and  a  congre- 
gation in  a  congregation. 

"((/.)  That  they  were  organized  by  authority  from  Classis 
is,  also,  not  so  either;  but,  hebig  organized,  it  was  approved  by 
Classis,  or  permission  was  given  after  it  had  been  done,  and 
the  Keverend  Classis  had  also  been  deceived  in  this,  wliich 
afterwards  appeared  to  it. 

"  (Ji.)  The  election,  announcing,  and  ordination,  did  not  pro- 
ceed orderly,  all  having  been  done  at  the  same  time,  in  one  day 
— in  short,  the  organization  was  a  vile  fraud,  the  foundation  a 
lie,  and  the  congregation  a  myth — it  is  high  time  that  she  fall, 
and  that  the  fraud  be  puljlished  in  the  other  churches,  like  as  it 
is  known  to  everyone  who  is  acquainted  with  our  congregations. 

"  {l.)  And  now  to  hasten  their  destruction,  Domine  Freling- 
huysen, while  the  people  were  growing  in  numbers,  has  dis- 
missed some  from  the  congregation  at  North  Branch,  and  or- 
ganized a  congregation  there ;  this  is  the  matter,  and  this  we 
can  not  only  prove  to  you,  Heverend  Fathers,  but  even  should 

*"  111  thn  old  church  of  Delft,  notable  for  its  leaning'  tower,  is  the  monument  of 
Admiral  Van  Tromp  who  took  part  in  thirty-two  naval  engagements,  overcame 
in  1653  the  British  fleet  under  Blake  in  the  Downs,  and  afterwards  defied  the  Eng- 
lish by  sailing  up  and  down  the  Channel  with  a  broom  at  his  mast-head.  The  vet- 
eran hero  fell  at  last  on  his  own  deck  In  a  battle  with  the  English  near  the  mouth 
of  the  Maas." 

"In  the  same  church  are  buried  Admiral  Piet  Hein,  (who  captured  the  Spanish 
silver  fleet;  and  Leuwenhock,  the  naturalist,  both  of  theiu  natives  of  the  ancient 
town." 


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you  de?irc  to  go  with  us,  and  to  visit  our  ])l:ic(',  we  could  nuike 
you  see  it  with  your  eyes.  Furthermore,  wliile  we  have  now 
come  so  far,  we  wish  to  treat  with  our  opponents  in  the  most 
friendly  manner ;  and  while  the  state  of  our  controversy  was 
not  handed  in  (also  being  requested),  who  was  legal  and  who 
was  illegal,  we  leave  it  to  the  wisdom  of  the  Reverend  Coetus 
to  decide  in  this  matter,  prudently,  in  sucli  a  manner  that  a  re- 
union may  he  brought  about,  however,  so  that  the  Reverend 
Coetus  in  its  indulgence  will  not  recognize  as  legal  that  which 
was  done  so  entirely  illegal.  Rynier  Yeghten,  nor  any  one  of 
the  Reverend  Coetus,  having  anything  to  answer  to  this,  the 
parties  were  requested  to  step  out,  and  the  conclusion  of  the 
Reverend  Coetus  followed. 

"  The  reverend  assembly,  after  mature  deliberation,  came 
to  the  following  conclusion :  That  two  elders  and  two  deacons 
of  Do.  Frelinghuysen,  with  one  elder  and  one  deacon  from  the 
number  of  the  malcontents,  with  Do.  Frelinghuysen,  elect  one 
elder  and  one  deacon,  who  being  confirmed,  one  elder  and  one 
deacon  of  Do.  Frelinghuysen  go  out  with  the  malcontents  ;  and 
so  the  two  newly  elected,  together  with  the  remaining  four  of 
Do.  Frelinghuysen,  shall  be  rec-ognized  as  a  Consistory. 

« Tk        *i  •    -I  Oil  Subscribed, 

"  Done  this  12th.  ' 

September,  "1751."    \  J^h:  Henrs.  Goethius,  p.  t.  preses. 

I  Benjamix  Myj^en,  Cetus,  p.  t.  scriba. 

COPY  OF  THE   WRITINGS    PRESENTED  TO 
THE  REVEREND  COETUS. 

TTe  M'ish  blessing  to  the  Assembly.  May  it  please  the 
Reverend  Coetus  to  know,  that  not  only  there  was  organized 
a  Consistory  in  a  Consistory,  and  a  congregation  in  a  congre- 
gation, at  Millstone,  under  pretence  that  Domine  Theo:  Jac: 
Frelinghuysen  was  not  minister  there,  the  counterpart  of 
which  we  explained   to  you   on  yesterday  verb.ilh',  but  that 


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also  there  was  organized  at  Raritan  and  North  Erancli,  a 
Consistory  in  a  Consistory,  and  a  conffreo'ation  in  a  congrega- 
tion,  without  the  knowledge  of  tlie  Classis  of  Amsterdam. 

"  ]^ow  it  is  that  these  malcontent  so-called  Consistories 
being  anxious  to  unite  with  us,  present  themselves  before  you 
for  that  purpose,  with  request  that  thej  be  recognized  as  Con- 
sistory, and  that  as  Consistory  tliey  have  a  vote  as  well  as  our 
legal  Consistory — yea,  more  than  that,  because  they  have  eight 
members  and  we  six — which  we  cannot  and  may  not  do  with 
our  Consistories;  but  we  offer  them  a  union  just  as  they  left 
us ;  we  will  receive  them  as  brethren,  and  admit  them  to  the 
Sacraments  with  us,  provided  they  bring  proof  of  their  mem- 
bership ;  we  will  forgive  and  forget  their  leaving  us  wrong- 
fully, in  the  time  of  our  weakness — in  the  infancy  of  our 
congregations — neither  will  we  hold  them  indebted  for  the 
portion  of  the  salary  promised  by  them  to  our  father,  our 
former  minister,  Theo  :  Jac :  Frelinghuysen,  but  not  paid  by 
them ;  we  are  willing,  although  we  do  not  need  them  now  for 
temporal  matters,  to  receive  them  in  love,  nevertheless ;  but 
we  cannot  and  dare  not  receive  them  in  any  other  manner 
than  as  members,  and  for  the  following  reasons : — 

"  1.  We  propose  to  the  Reverend  Assembly  to  prove  that 
the  malcontents,  with  whom  we  have  had  to  do,  are  a  Consis- 
tory in  a  Consistory,  and  a  congregation  in  a  congregation; 
which  is  clear,  because  they  call  themselves  "  the  Malcontent 
Consistories  of  Raritan  and  North  Brancli,"  while  it  is  known 
to  the  Old  World,  and  to  the  other,  that  Do.  Frelinghuy- 
sen, our  father,  was  minister  of  those  congregations,  and 
his  Consistories  were  legal  Consistories,  among  which  be- 
longed these  malcontents,  who  had  subscribed  his  Call  [or 
upon  whose  Call  they  had  insisted]  from  whom  they  had  sepa- 
rated and  organized  themselves  into  a  Consistory.     Ergo 

"  2.  They  never  have  been  recognized  by  a  Classis;  even 
the  Classis  of  Amsterdam  does  not  know  of  their  existence,  as 


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appears  from  the  Minister's  Roll — Frelinghuysen  alone  l)eing 
recoirnizcd  as  minister  of  those  conm-eii'ations. 

"  3.  There  is  a  Classical  resolution  \vliicli  is  most  favor- 
able for  them,  and  is  resting  npon  a  great  niLstake,  in  Avhich 
they  are  only  recognized  as  common  members;  for  to  be 
recognized  as  a  legal  Consistory  has  never  before  been  dis- 
cussed before  an  ecclesiastical  assembly  like  this  one ;  ^vhere- 
fore  %ve 

"  4.  They  have  had  Arondiiis,  as  a  minister,  mIio  has 
never  been  legally  called  by  them,  or  has  never  been  installed 
over  them. 

"5.  AVe  dare  not  reciognize  them  as  a  legal  Consistory,  or 
unite  Avith  them  as  such,  contrary  to  all  rules  of  Classes  and 
Synods,  on  account  of  bad  results. 

"  (a)  While  every  evil-minded  person  tlien  could  arbitra" 
rily  separate  himself  from  the  assembly  of  the  Lord  and 
organize  a  Consistory,  and  still  come  off  triumphantly  ; 

"  (b)  Then  every  avaricious  person,  because  lie  d<ies  not 
"Want  to  pay  towards  the  salary,  might  break  his  promise  in 
that  respect,  and  hire  some  one  to  preach  from  time  to  time ; 
and  if  he  cannot  get'  such  a  one,  then  again  to  be  accepted  as 
member  of  consistory,  as  these  have  done  ; 

"  (c)  Then  every  careless  and  wicked  one,  because  an 
earnest  and  distinguished  service  does  not  suit  him,  may  sepa- 
rate himself  and  hire  pastors  after  liis  own  heart,  as  these  have 
done. 

"0.  We  cannot  receive  them  otherwise  than  as  members, 
on  account  of  the  great  dissension  it  would  create  in  our  con- 
gregations. 

"  7.  Why  should  we  receive  them  in  any  other  manner, 
while  in  the  conn-reijation  of  Karitan  there  are  but  si.\  or  seven 
malcontents  and  more  than  one  hundred  of  tlie  party  of 
Do.  Frelinghuysen  wlio  live  in  good  harmony;  wherefore  the 


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malcontents  of  E-aritan  liave  selected  their  elder  Yroom,  who 
is  here  present,  fr.an  North  Branch. 

"  Whereupon  Yroom  was  asked  what  he  had  to  reply  to 
what  was  said  by  Do.  Frelinghuysen,  and  he  referred  to  certain 
articles  that  had  been  entered  into  between  them  and  the  Con- 
sistory of  Do.  Frelinghuysen,  two  years  ago ;  bnt  to  this,  Do. 
Frelinghuysen  said : 

"  («)  That  those  had  been  entered  into  only  by  a  portion 
of  the  Consistory. 

"  (h)  Were  unchm-chlike,  because  he  was  minister  and 
had  not  been  present,  nor  any  other  minister  ; 

"  (c)  And  they  had  broken  them  themselves. 

"  Hereupon  the  parties  were  requested  to  step  out,  and  it 
was  adjudged  by  the  Keverend  Coetus  that  they  were  illegal 
Consistories. 

"  Thereupon  Do.  Frelinghuysen  was  requested  to  come 
in,  and  lie  was  informed  by  the  president  that  the  assembly 
adjudged  that  they  were  illegal  Consistories,  and  therefore  had 
to  be  recognized  only  as  common  members  ;  and  then  he  was 
asked  whether  he  knew  of  anything  or  desired  to  propose  any- 
thing as  a  way  or  means  for  association,  to  which  Do.  Freling- 
huysen replied  that  the  Heverend  Coetus  might  advise  him  to 
have  the  malcontents  name  (or  propose)  six  persons  from  whom 
he  and  their  Consistories  might  elect  two — one  as  elder  and 
one  as  deacon." 

COPY  OF  THE  ADVICE  OR  DECISION  OF 
THE  REVEREND  COETUS  IN  THE 
MATTER  OF  RARITAN  AND  NORTH 
BRANCH  TAKEN  FROM  THE  MIN- 
UTES OF  THE  REVEREND  COETUS. 

"  That  the  malcontents  shall  nominate  six  persons  from 
tlie  malcontents;  that  Do.  Frelinghuysen,  with  his  consistory. 


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shall  elect  two  from  those — one  an  elder  and  one  a  deacon — 
which  two  being  confirmed,  two  of  Do.  Frelinghuysen's  Con- 
sistory shall  go  out,  and  then  shall  be  recognized  as  one  Con- 
sistory ;  the  associates  with  the  remainder  shall  help  bear  all 
expenses  proportionately,  and  so  all  disaffections  and  discon- 
tent shall  at  once  be  taken  away  with  good  accord. 

Jon  :  IIen  :  Goetschius,  Y.  D.  M.  Treses. 

Bexjamin  MynemAj  Scriba. 
"  All  given  at  New  York  the  12th  September,  1751." 

"  In  this  manner  the  differences  that  existed  nearly  thirty 
years  were  adjusted,  and  they  who  pretended  to  be  a  la%\-ful 
congregation,  and  were  upheld  and  supported  therein  by  min- 
isters after  the  style  of  Elymas,  were  now  declared  illegal." 

"  Our  God  give  peace." 

"  Furthermore  Do.  Job :  Frelinghuysen  was  advised  by  the 
liev.  Coetus  what  to  do  in  reference  to  the  members  received 
l)y  them  during  theii-  separation;  and  concerning  this,  the 
Assembly  advised : 

(a)  To  act  with  all  indulgence  and  tolerance ; 

(/>)  But  in  particular  : 

(1)  That  those  who  were  received  by  Do.  Rieger,  being 

worse  than  Remonstrants,  will  have  to  make  con- 
fession again. 

(2)  As  to  those  who  were  received  by  Job :  Arondeus,  he 

never  having  been  a  la^vful  minister  here,  and  not 
entered  in  the  Minister's  Roll,  they  leave  to  the 
wisdom  and  prudence  of  Do.  Frelinghuysen  ; 

(3)  That  the  names  of  the  members  should  be  announced 

in  the  congregation. 


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MINUTES  OF  OUR  GREAT  CONSISTORY. 

The  Consistories  of  Raritan,  North  Branch,  and  Millstone 
met,  for  the  purpose  of  complying  with  the  instructions  of 
the  Rev.  Coetus,  as  seen  above. 

"  1.  The  meeting  having  been  opened  with  prayer,  the 
decisions  of  the  Coetus  were  read,  and  the  matter  of  Raritan 
and  North  Branch  was  taken  up  first.  The  malcontents  were 
requested  to  propose  their  six  men. 

"  2.  Vroom  thereupon  inquired  after  the  advice  of  the 
Coetus  concerning  the  members,  which  was  told  him ;  and  he 
replied,  that  if  those  who  were  received  by  Do.  Rieger  had 
to  make  confession  again,  that  would  interfere  with  the  peace, 
"because  those  which  they  had  to  .propose  had  been  received  by 
Do.  Rieger ;  to  which  we  replied  that  such  was  the  advice  of 
the  Coetus ;  that  we  would  not  willingly  deviate  from  that, 
and  that  Rieger  Avould  certainly  have  strongly  impressed  his 
members  wath  his  peculiar  views,  which  could  not  be  tolerated 
in  members  of  the  Reformed  Church ;  but  that,  for  the  sake 
of  peace,  w^e  would  present  to  those  who  were  opposed  to  us 
the  views  of  Do.  Rieger,  and,  if  they  w^ere  rejected  by  them, 
it  would  suffice ;  there  it  ended.  Thereupon  they  requested  to 
absent  themselves  for  deliberation  over  their  six  men,  which 
being  granted  they  stepped  aside. 

"  3.  The  matter  of  Millstone  was  taken  up,  in  which  we 
elected  a  new  elder  and  a  new  deacon  from  the  malcontents, 
according  to  instruction  of  the  Coetus ;  and  on  our  side  then 
voted,  as  elders,  Lambert  Dorland  and  Johannes  Weitknegt ; 
as  deacons,  Jacobus  Yan  Aarsdalen  and  Willem  Willemse. 
On  the  side  of  the  malcontents,  Jan  Staatsz  and  Joris  Bergen ; 
and  with  unanimity  of  votes  there  were  elected  as  elder  Ry- 
nier  Yeghten,  in  place  of  the  outgoing  Simon  Yan  Aersdaalen, 


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and  us  deacon  Abraham  liegeman,  in  placo  of  the  outgoin<' 
Jan  Van  Nujs;  so  that  our  Consistory  shall  consist  of: 

"Elders:  Lambert  Dorland,  Joharmes  Weitknegt,  Kv- 
nier  Yeghten.  Deacons;  Jacobus  Van  Aarsdalen,  AVillciii 
^ViIlemse,  Abraham  liegeman. 

"4.  Thereupon  the  malcontents  have  proposed  their  six 
men  for  North  Branch  only,  considering  it  unnecessary  f<tr 
Raritan  because  they  did  not  have  six  members  there.  Tlie 
six  proposed  men  were  : 

"  Daniel  Sebring,  Jan  Yroom,  Gysbert  Krom,  Laurens 
Lou,  Pieter  Schamp,  Cornelius  Wykhoif ;  from  "whom  were 
elected,  by  majority  of  votes,  Daniel  Sebring  as  elder,  in  place 
of  the  outgoing  Pieter  Woertman ;  and  Pieter  Schamp  as  dea- 
con, in  place  of  the  outgoing  Jacol)  Ten  Eyk ;  so  that  the 
Consistory  at  North  Branch  shall  consist  of: 

"  Elders :  Jan  Yan  Neste,  Pieter  Monf oort,  Daniel  Se- 
bring. Deacons :  Marten  Byersen,  Jan  Dumont,  Pieter 
Schamp. 

"  Then  we  proceeded  to  a  new  election  on  the  Raritan, 
and  with  unanimity  of  votes  there  were  elected  as  elder,  Jan 
Yan  Middleswaart,  in  place  of  Tennis  Post ;  and  as  deacon, 
Frans  Cussaerd,  in  place  of  Rynier  Yan  Neste ;  so  that  the 
Consistory  shall  consist  of : 

"  Elders :  Jeronimus  Yan  Neste,  Pieter  Willemse,  Jan 
Yan  Middleswaart.  Deacons  :  Pieter  Yan  Neste,  Pieter  Stry- 
ker,  Frans  Cussaerd. 

"  Then  the  meeting  was  closed  with  thanksgiving,  and 
every  one  went  unto  his  tents  in  good  spirits. 

"  Subscril)ed  in  the  name  of  all, 

'•  JoH  :  Frelinghuyskn,  Y.  D.  M. 

"  et  Preses  Synodii. 
"  So  done  in  our  Synod. 
Raritan,  the  25th  Sep- 
tember, 1751."' 


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A  new  chnrcli  was  built  at  MilUtone  [Harlingen]  in  1752. 
It  was  dedicated  that  year  hy  Rev.  John  Frelinghuvsen.  His 
text  on  that   occasion  was  1  Kings,  S  :  29,  and  Ps.  27:4: — 

"  That  thine  eyes  may  l»e  open  toward  this  honse,  night  and 
day,  even  toward  the  place  of  which  thou  hast  said,  my  name 
shall  be  there;  that  thou  mayest  hearken  unto  the  prayer 
which  thy  servant  shall  make  toward  this  place."  '"  One  thing 
have  I  desired  of  the  Lord,  that  wiU  I  seek  after,  that  I  may 
dwell  in  the  house  of  the  Lord  all  the  days  of  my  life,  to  be- 
hold the  beauty  of  the  Lord  and  t<:>  inquire  in  his  temple." 

'*  Anno  1753,  the  IGth  May.  Consistory  of  the  three  united 
congregations — Raritan.  ^orth  Branch,  and  JliUstone — met, 
and  resolved  unanimously : 

"  1.  That  each  congregation  shall  bear  one-third  of  the  ex- 
penses of  the  Call,  and  building  of  Domine's  house. 

'*  2.  That  the  congregation  will  remain  tmited  until  they 
shall  separate  by  mutual  consent. 

••3.  That  the  minister  of  the  three  united  congregations, 
in  the  event  of  a  new  Cidl,  shall  have  the  liberty  to  choose 
what  place  he  will  serve  ;  but  shall  have  to  continue  to  preach 
at  all  the  places  until  the  second  minister  comes. 

'••i.  But  that  those  congregations  which  he  shall  choose 
shall  faithfully  contribute  their  portion  in  the  '"calling"  of  the 
second  minister. 

'•5.  That  Karitan  and  Xorth  Branch  shall  retiun  to 
Alillstone  one-third  of  the  cost  of  the  Domine's  house,  but 
the  one-third  of  what  the  house  has  depreciated  shall  be  de- 
ducted therefrom. 

'■'  6.  It  was  ascertained  that  the  cost  of  building  the  pas- 
toral house  amounted  to  £570  7s.  4d.  (five  himdred  and  sev- 
en tv  pounds  seven  shillings  and  four  pence),  to  which  each  con- 
scregation  had  to  contribute  one  htmdred  and  ninety  pounds 


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two  shillings  and  live  pence  (£11)0  2s.  5d.)  Millstone  having 
paid  only  seventy-six  pounds  (£76),  remained  indebted  one 
hundred  and  thirty  pounds  eighteen  shillings  and  live  penco 
Avhic'h  is  assumed  by  Raritan  and  Korth  Branch,  Millstone 
promising  to  pay  interest  thereon  ;  which  interest  anmially,  and 
for  every  year  they  remain  united,  amounts  to  seven  pounds 
nineteen  sliillings  and  seven  pence — of  which  three  pounds 
nineteen  shillings  and  nine  pence  and  half  penny  nuist  l)e  paid 
to  North  Branch,  and  three  pounds  nineteen  shillings  and 
nine  pence  and  half  penny  to  Raritan,  Elder,  Andries  Ten 
Eyk  is  to  receive  for  North  Branch,  and  Elder  Pieter  Van 
Neste  for  Karitan  ;  and  imto  them  Simon  Van  Aarsdaalen,  Ry- 
nier  Yeghten,  and  Johannes  Stryker  have  bound  themselves  in 
behalf  of  Millstone  to  pay  the  above-named  sum  annually.'' 
"And  so  the  meeting  -was  closed  with  thanksgivhig." 

During  the  ministry  of  the  Rev.  John  Frelinghuysen,  a 
charter  of  the  five  churches — New  Brunswick,  Raritan,  Six- 
mile  Rim,  Millstone,  and  North  Branch — was  obtained  of 
"  George,  the  Second,  of  Great  Britain,  France  and  Ireland, 
King,  defender  of  the  Faith,  etc."  This  charter  is  dated  June 
Tth,  1753.  It  has  been  copied  by  Dr.  Messier  in  its  appro- 
priate place,  after  the  rninistry  of  Rev.  John  Frelinghuysen 
closed,  in  the  Book  of  Minutes  of  the  Chm'ch  of  Raritan. 

The  copy  occupies  seve7i  folio  pages,  to  which  the  Doctor 
has  appended  the  following  note  : 

"  N.  B. — This  old  paper  was  discovered  recently,  and  a 
copy  of  it  is  here  entered  as  a  remnant  of  former  days,  and  a 
relic  of  what  has  been  done."  A.  M. 

"Oct.  6,  1868." 


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The  preamble  of  this  Charter  states  that, 

"Whereas  diverse  and  sundries  of  our  loving  subjects 
inhabiting  within  the  several  counties  of  Somerset,  Hunterdon, 
and  Middlesex,  in  our  Province  of  ISTew  Jersey,  in  behalf  of 
themselves  and  others,  being  of  the  Dutch  Protestant  Pe- 
formed  Church,  by  their  humble  petition  presented  to  our 
trusty  and  well-beloved  Jonathan  Belcher,  Esq.,  Captain-Gen- 
eral and  Governor-in-Chief  in  and  over  our  Province  of  New 
Jersey  and  territories  thereon  depending  in  America,  Chan- 
cellor and  Yice- Admiral  in  the  same,  etc.,  setting  forth  that 
the  petitioners  are  very  numerous  and  daily  increasing,  and 
consist  of  live  churches  and  congregations,  to  wit  *  *  *  That 
the  advantageous  support  of  religion  among  them  requires 
that  some  persons  among  them  should  be  incorporated  trustees 
for  the  community  *  *  *  And  we,  having  nothing  more  at 
heart  than  to  see  the  Protestant  religion  in  a  flom'ishing  con- 
dition throughout  all  om-  dominions,  and  being  graciously 
pleased  to  give  all  due  encouragement  to  such  of  our  loving 
subjects  who  are  zealously  attached  to  our  person,  government, 
and  the  Protestant  succession,  in  our  royal  house,  and  to  grant 
the  petitioners  in  this  behalf." 

Then  follows  the  Act  of  Incorporation,  in  these  words  : 

"  Know  ye  that  we,  of  our  special  grace,  certain  knowl- 
edge, and  mere  motion,  have  willed,  ordained,  constituted,  and 
granted,  and  by  these  presents  for  us,  our  heirs  and  success- 
ors, do  will,  ordain,  constitute,  and  appoint,  the  Reverend 
John  Light,  John  Frelinghouse,  ministers ;  John  Van  Middles- 
worth,  Peter  Williams,  Peter  Yan  Ess,  Andreus  Ten  E^x-k, 
Daniel  Cebryn,  Peter  Montfort,  Hendrick  Fisher,  Cornelius 
Bennet,  William  Williams,  Luke  Yoorhees,  David  Nevius,  Si- 
mon Yan  Arsdalen,  John  Strieker,  Eeynier  Yeghten,  elders : 
and  Frans  Cusack,  Andrew  Monton,  John  Broca,  Harman 
Laan,  Cornelius  Wyckoff,  Peter  Schamp,  Hendrick  Yan  Dem-- 


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sen,  John  Messlear,  Abraham  Ilize,  Cliristoplicr  IToglan,  Item 
Gan-etsi)n,  Cornelius  Van  Arsdalen,  Andrew  llageniaii,  Abra- 
ham Ilageman,  and  James  Van  Ar.^dalen,  deacons,  of  the 
Dutch  licformed  congregations  above  named,  and  the  counties 
aforesaid,  and  their  successors  hereafter,  the  minister,  or  min- 
isters, elders  and  deacons,  of  the  respective  churches  or  con- 
gregations, which  at  any  time  hereafter,  be  duly  chosen  or 
appointed,  shall  be  and  remain  one  body  politic  and  corporate 
in  deed  and  in  fact,  by  the  name  of  the  trustees  of  the  Dutch 
Reformed  Church  of  Raritan,  North  Branch,  New  Brunswick, 
Six-mile  Run,  and  Millstone,  in  the  Counties  aforesaid." 


COETUS. 

A  Coetus  was  proposed  by  the  church  in  New  York,  and 
a  conditional  plan  sent  by  them  to  Holland  in  1738.  But  the 
Coetus  *  was  not  authorized  by  the  Classis  of  Amsterdam  until 
1747,  the  year  before  Frelinghuysen  died.  The  meeting  in 
1738,  which  sent  a  petition  to  Holland  for  authority  to  form  a 
Coetus,  was  the  only  meeting  of  that  body  which  the  elder 
Frelinghuysen  ever  attended. 

After  a  delay  of  nine  years  the  petition  was  granted,  and 
a  Coetus  formed  with  qtiasi  authority  ;  for  they  were  author- 
ized to  transact  ecclesiastical  business,  duI}'  in  subordination  to 
the  Classis  of  Amsterdam.  Final  examination  and  ordination 
of  students  were  not  granted. 

Their  desire  to  assist  the  church  more  conveniently  and 
rapidly  to  a  ministry  adequate  to  its  necessities  was  completely 
balked. 

Ferdinandus  and  Jacobus,  two  sons  of  Domine  Freling- 

*  In  1755  the  Coetus  was  changed  into  a  Classis. 


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liiijsen,  Avlio  had  been  sent  to  Holland  for  ordination,  both 
died  at  sea,  on  their  retui'n  voyage,  in  1753. 

A  more  efficient  judicatory  was  deemed  necessary. 

The  chm-ch  of  Millstone  was  under  the  pastoral  care  of 
the  Frelinghuysens,  father  and  son,  1729-5-1. 

The  church  of  Bedminster  was  organized  in  1758,  and 
immediately  entered  into  a  collegiate  arrangement  with  the 
churches  to  which  Domme  Hardenberg  ministered.  He  was, 
therefore,  its  first  pastor. 

In  May,  1750,  Fryenmoet,  when  "he  was  a  second  tmie 
on  his  errand  of  strife  in  the  congregation  of  North  Branch," 
baptized  twenty-two  childi-en.  Ericksen,  in  March,  1748, 
baptized  three,  and  again  in  July  of  the  same  year,  six. 

In  September,  1752,  "  Xew  Style''  was  introduced  in 
keeping  the  records.  It  is  noted  on  the  side  of  the  page  in 
the  following  words,  in  a  large,  bold  hand.  " '  Xew  Style  '  is 
begun  the  third  of  September,  1752.  In  place  of  the  tlm-d 
of  September  we  reckon  the  fourteenth."'' 

After  the  death  of  the  Eev.  Jolm  Frelinghuysen,  the 
churches  to  which  he  ministered  Mere  vacant  for  nearly  four 
years,  "  Zion  appeared  to  lay  waste  and  desolate.  Hope,  there 
seemed  to  be  almost  none."  It  was  during  this  time  that  the 
Conferentie  party  made  strenuous  efforts  to  have  Fryenmoet 
for  their  lawful  minister.  Kov.  9th,  1756,  a  letter  of  com- 
plaint was  sent  l)y  the  Conferentie  party  to  the  Classis  of 
Amsterdam.  In  this  letter  they  say  "  The  new  Consistory, 
together  with  the  Consistories  of  the  other  three  villages, 
have  made  and  executed  a  Call  upon  the  so-called  student 
Hardeinberg,"     AVe   have  only  to  add,  the  whole  active  life  of 


Dr.  ILirdenberg,  for  more  tlian  thirty  years;,  is  sufficient  answcj 
to  this  sliglitiug  remark,  "  So-called  student.'' 


DOIMINE  HARDENBERG 

r-ucceeded  Eev.  John  Frelinglniysen  and  preceded  Rev.  Simeon 
Van  Artsdalen.  lie  liad  not  enjo^-ed  tlie  advantages  of  a  colle- 
giate education,  l)nt  he  seems  to  have  been  a  man  of  great 
executive  ability.  lie  -was  licensed  to  preach  when  only 
twenty  years  of  age.  He  became  the  successor  of  his  pre- 
ceptor, the  Rev.  John  Frelinghuysen,  in  1758.  He  was 
pastor  of  the  important  clnirches  of  Raritan  and  North 
Branch,  and  of  the  newly  organized  church  of  Bedminster, 
1758-81.  These  churches  were  about  ten  miles  apart.  The 
church  of  Raritan*  was  two  miles  below  the  present  village  of 
Somerville. 

In  addition  to  this  very  large  pastoral  charge,  lie  was  also 
pastor  of  the  churches  of  Neshanic,  seven  miles  south  of  Read- 
ington,  and  of  Millstone  (now  Harlingen)  1758-61.  In  the 
latter  year  he  Ment  to  Holland,  and  when  he  i-eturned  did  not 
again  serve  the  two  last  named  churches.  He  liowever,  in 
company  with  J.  Leydt  and  J.  M.  Yan  Harlingen,  supplied  the 
recently  formed  church  of  New'  Millstone  1766-74. 

The  following  anecdote  is  told  about  Domine  Hardenberg's 
proposal  to  many  the  widow  of  his  instructor,  in  theoloiry, 
Rev.  John  Frelinghuysen : 

*  "  It  stood  on  tlic  knoll  on  tlie  north  side  of  the  river  one  quarter  of  a 
mile  bflow  the  present  bridge  across  the  Raritan  known  as  the  'old  bridire.' 
It  was  bumod  during  the  Revolutionary  war  by  an  ex])edition  of  the  Queen's 
Hangers,  and  was  not  built  again  till  some  time  after  the  war." 


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"After  Mr.  Frelinghnysen's  death,  his  widow  determined 
to  return  to  Amsterdam,  in  Holland,  where  her  father 
resided.  The  preparations  were  all  made,  and  the  day 
appointed  to  leave  Raritan  for  the  purpose  of  embarking 
at  New  York,  when  young  Hardenberg  surprised  her  by 
an  offer  of  marriage.  He  had  contemplated  it  for  some 
time,  and  had  consulted  with  the  officers  of  the  church  in  re- 
gard to  its  propriety,  (he  had  not  yet  finished  his  theological 
studies),  but  on  account  of  the  yet  so  recent  death  of  her  hus- 
l)and,  only  brought  himself  to  the  point  of  making  an  avowal 
of  his  feelings  when  it  could  be  no  longer  postponed.  Slie  is 
said  to  have  received  it  with  an  exclamation  of  surprise  ;  '  My 
child  M'hat  are  you  thinking  about !'  The  result,  however,  was 
that  the  arrangements  to  remove  were  countermanded,  and  the 
voyage  to  Holland  abandoned.  They  were  married  soon  after, 
and  she  went  to  reside  with  his  father  at  Kosendale,  until  he 
had  finished  his  theological  course,  and  received  license  to 
preach  the  Gospel." 

Dr.  Campbell,  in  his  sermon  occasioned  by  the  death  of 
Theodore  Frelinghuysen  in  1862,  says, 

"  Theodore  loved  *  *  to  speak  of  his  grandmother,  Ju- 
f vrouw  Hardenljerg,  and  how  much  he  owed  to  her  prayers  and 
counsels ;  and  w' ith  her  earnest  goodness,  he  must  have  received 
them  in  no  stinted  measure.  She  began  them  when  he  was  a 
little  boy  sitting  on  her  knee,  and  when  she  died  he  was  in  his 
twentieth  year." 

"  She  lived  for  the  cause  which  she  had  chosen,  and  died 

in  the  land  of  her  adoption" — in  1807,  aged  81  years.     Her 

remains  repose  amid  the  honored  dust  in  the  crowded  cemetery 

of  the  Eeformed  Dutch  church  in  New  Brunswick,  N.  J.     On 

her  tomb-stone  is  this  tribute :  '"  Of  high  attainments  here  in 

grace,  now  resting  in  glory. 

'  Tell  how  she  clmibed  the  everlasting  hills, 
Survevinq:  all  the  realms  above  ; 


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Borne  on  a  strong  winged  faitli,  uiul  <n 
The  tiery  wlieels  of  un  iuuuortul  love.'" 

"Dec.  Sth,  1701,  Consistories  of  luiritaii,  North  ]5r;iiic1i 
and  Millstone,  met  at  tlie  house  of  Andreus  Ten  Eyek  to  ar- 
range for  the  settlement  about  the  Dominc's  house.  (Mill- 
►stone  had  withdra%vni,  or,  Mas  about  to  withdraw,  from  the 
union  of  the  three  churches.)  J.  E,.  Ilardenberg  presided, 
and  J.  M.  Yan  Ilarlingen  was  clerk. 

Ticwlred  :  That  John  Skipper  of  Som-land,  Jan  Facken- 
ton  of  Lameton,  and  Joseph  JVIount  of  The  Landing,  be  asked 
to  appraise  the  depreciation  of  the  Domhie's  house." 

"  Jan.  -J-th  1702,  the  valuation  of  the  depreciation  was 
lifty  pounds.''  John  Skipper  and  Joseph  Mount  only  came  to 
make  the  appraisement." 

In  the  following  Aug.  5tli,  they  paid  to  Millstone,  £8,  6s. 
8d.,  which  together  with  £29, 15s.  3d.,  makes  the  £38,  Is.  lid. 

Jan.  21,  1763,  Consistories  of  North  Branch  and  Xeshanic 
met.  J.  M.  Yan  Ilarlingen  presided,  and  J.  K.  Ilardenberg 
acted  as  clerk. 

"The  difference  between  the  tNvo  congregations  being  pre- 
sented in  reference  to  the  division  of  the  two  congregations,  it 

was 

Resolved  :  That  the  South  Branch  be  the  dividhig  line." 

In  the  year  1767  a  member  of  the  church  at  North 
Branch  was  suspended,  because  of  his  participation  in  shooting 
matches.  At  a  meeting  of  tlie  three  consistories  of  Raritan, 
North  Branch  and  Bedminster,  the  action  of  the  Consistory 
of  the  church  of  North  Branch,  in  suspending  the  person  in 
the  above  named  case,  was  approved  in  these  Avords  : 

*"  Shooting  matches  are  illegal  and  contrary  to  the  laws 
of  the  land,  and  afford  inducement  for  the  assembling  of  many 
idle  and  fickle  persons,  where  nothing  is  ever  transacted  ex- 

*  From  tlie  Raritan  Minutes.     Translated  by  Rev.  Abraham  Thorn p.son. 


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cept  that  wliicli  is  utterly  worthless,  and  usually  ungodly. 
From  Buch  public  games  and  dances,  nothing  results  l)ut  the 
corruj)tion  of  the  minds  of  the  youth  and  impiety ;  and  there- 
fore they  were  forbidden  to  the  members  of  the  Dutch  Church 
under  pain  of  censure,  in  a  Synod  held  at  Dordretcht,  1578- 
In  their  answer  to  question  43  : — 

Ques.  What  shall  be  done  with  those  who  take  part  in 
public  dances  ? 

Ans.  Inasmuch  as  dancing  is  a  wantonness  unbecoming 
Christians,  and  a  temptation  to  fleshly  lusts,  and  besides  an 
offence  to  the  pious,  especially  in  time  of  need,  therefore  those 
who  indidge  therein  are  to  be  admonished ;  and  if,  after  such 
admonition  they  continue  therein,  they  are  to  be  suspended 
from  the  Lord's  Supper. 

The  so-called  '  Hustling  '  is  of  the  same  nature  as  dice  and 
card-play-ing  ;  concerning  which  the  Synod  of  Thoolen  decided. 

Art.  25  :  "  Those  who,  after  admonition,  continue  to  play 
with  dice  and  cards,  must  not  be  allowed  to  come  to  the  Lord's 
Supper;  and  if  contempt  for  this  discipline  be  manifested, 
they  must,  at  last,  be  cut  off  from  the  Church. 

"  These  sins  have  been  so  long  preached  against,  and 
acted  on  by  the  Church,  that  both  members  and  others  know 
that  they  are  unbecoming  to  communicants.  The  conduct  of 
is  thus  a  great  offence  to  this  Church ;  and  in  ad- 
dition thereto,  he  has  shown  contempt  of  that  ecclesiastical 
oversight  to  which  he  solemnly  promised  to  submit  himself. 

"  Therefore,  this  Consistory,  because  of  the  said  ■ 

continuance  in  such  conduct,  consider  liim  an  unworthy  par- 
taker of  tlie  Holy  Sacrament,  and  hereby  forbid  him  the  use 
thereof,  and  lay  him  under  censure  until  he  shall  manifest 
sorrow  and  repentance. 

"  It  is  with  deep  sorrow  that  the  Consistory  feels  com- 
pelled   thus  to  deal   with  one  of   their   members  ;  and    they 


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heartily  wish  and  desire,  that  Avith  hecoming  suhmission,  and 
sorrow  tor  his  former  conduct,  he  may  return — tliat  the  of- 
fence may  be  removed,  and  that  the  Divine  displeasure  may 
be  averted." 

Have  Consistories  and  members  advanced  in  striving  for 
the  consistent  ^valk  of  church  members  within  the  hundred 
and  tifteen  years  since  this  action  i 

We  can  but  admire  the  faithfulness,  and,  at  the  same 
time,  the  tender  spirit  and  earnest  desire  of  these  church 
officers  for  the  spiritual  welfare  of  this  erring  brother. 

Dr.  Ilardenburg's  ministry  here  occured  during  the  Kev- 
ohitionary  war.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Convention  that 
formed  the  Constitution  of  New  Jersey,  and  for  several  ses- 
sions was  a  member  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State. 
His  patriotism  was  very  decided,  and,  as  a  consequence,  liis 
life  was  often  endangered.  "  He  often  slept  with  a  loaded 
musket  by  the  side  of  his  bed.''  As  it  was  during  the  most 
unsettled  period  of  our  country's  history,  so  also  his  ministry 
here  was  during  the  stormiest  time  the  Church  at  large  has 
ever  known.  The  difficult}^  Ijetween  the  Coetus  and  Con- 
ferentie  parties  then  culminated.  Dr.  Hardenljerg  warmly 
espoused  the  cause  of  the  Evangelical  party,  and  exerted  a 
decided  influence  in  the  final-adjustment. 


COETUS    AND    CONFERENTIE. 

A  confused  idea  as  to  the  principles  represented  by  the 
two  parties  in  the  church,  the  Coetus  and  Conferentie,  pre- 
vails even  amons:  those  who  have  often  heard  the  terms. 


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The  Reformed  Church  was  divided  into  two  parties, 
which  originated  in  this  wise :  Candidates  for  the  ministry 
were  obliged  to  cross  tlie  ocean  to  he  ordained  1)y  the  Classis 
of  Amsterdam,  in  IloUand.  Some  insisted  that  a  Classis 
should  be  formed  in  this  country,  so  that  this  dangerous  and 
troublesome,  and  expensive  manner  of  ordination  might  be 
done  away  with.  The  party  that  advocated  this  was  ultimately 
called  the  Coetus,  and  tlie  opposing  party  was  still  subse- 
quently styled  the  Conferentie.  Domine  Frelinghuysen  advo- 
cated the  former  course,  though  the  names  Coetus  and  Confer- 
entie were  not  used  in  his  time  ;  but  he  was  strongly  in  favor 
of  the  principles  which  were  afterward  known  as  those  of  the 
Coetus.  There  was  not  only  difference  of  opinion  as  to  this 
matter,  but  the  advocates  of  either  course,  in  some  cases,  be- 
came violent  partisans.  Congregations  were  divided  in  senti- 
ment. Some  refused  to  attend  religious  services  conducted  l)y 
ministers  who  held  different  sentiments  from  themselves  on 
this  question.  Some  even  went  so  far  as  to  call  for  the  pei'- 
formance  of  the  appropriate  duties  of  their  pastor  by  one  of 
the  ministers  of  their  own  party  from  a  neighboring  congrega 
tion.  Ministers,  in  some  cases,  so  far  transgressed  the  rules  of 
ministerial  etiquette  as  to  answer  these  calls. 

Afterward,  when  the  two  parties  had  become  well  formed 
and  distinct,  they  were  marked  b}^  other  characteristics  than 
those  already  mentioned. 

"  The  Coetus  men  were  the  men  of  evangelical  life 
and  sentiment — the  men  of  progress,  of  practical  piety, 
prayer  and  godliness;  the  others  were  the  men  of  exact 
order,  forms,  rules,  and  they  felt  it  to  be  necessary  to 
maintain  all  this,  at  every  expense  of  convenience  or  of  pro- 


5*J 

gTCss.  It  was  the  Fathers,  tlio  i-hurchcs  in  the  Fatherland, 
tlieir  authority  and  ecclesiastical  supremacy  ;  and  iKtt  what  the 
circumstances  and  exiy;encies  of  tlie  chun-li  liere  demanded.'' 

Jhit,  the  division  was  at  lenu-fh  healed.  John  11.  Living- 
ston, afterwards  the  celebrated  Dr.  Livingston,  having  gradua- 
ted at  Yale  college  in  1762,  set  himself  the  task  of  reconcil- 
ing the  two  parties  in  the  Dutch  Heformed  church.  Having 
this  in  view,  he  had  gone  to  Holland  to  study  theology  and  the 
Ilollandisli  language.  Having  finished  his  studies  he  was  or- 
dained in  Holland.  Soon  after  he  received  a  "  call "  from  what 
is  now  the  "  Collegiate  church''  in  New  York.  He  ari-i\ed  in 
that  city  Sept.  3rd,  1770.  After  he  began  his  pastorate  he  did 
not  long  delay  his  attempts  to  heal  the  breach  which  had  so 
h)ng  existed  in  the  Dutch  Keformed  church,  and  which  had 
already  caused  two-thirds  of  the  churches  of  that  l)o<ly  to  be 
without  ministers.  He  proposed  to  his  Consistory  to  invite  a 
general  convention  of  the  churches  to  consider  plans  of  union. 
Accordingly  he  issued  letters  Sept.  4th,  1771,  inviting  to  such 
a  conference  Oct.  loth  of  that  year,  in  the  city  of  New 
York. 

"  Out  of  the  thirty-four  ministers,  and  the  more  than  one 
hundred  churches  now  (then)  composing  the  denomination, 
twenty-two  ministers,  and  twenty-five  elders  representing  thir- 
ty-four churches  were  present.  Dr.  Livingston  had  been  ap- 
pointed l)y  liis  Consistory  to  welcome  the  delegates.  De  llonde, 
formerly  one  of  the  most  strenuous  of  the  Conferentie,  had 
been  appointed  to  preach  a  sermon  on  the  occasion.  His 
text  was,  Eph.  6  :23j  '  Peace  be  to  the  brethren,  and  love 
with  faith  fi'om  God  the  Father,  and  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.' 
It  was  an  elegant  and  impressive  discourse  befoi'e  a  vast   as- 


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sembly,  iii  wliicli  he  thanked  the  brethren  for  their  willingness 
to  convene  for  the  purpose  of  jDeace  and  unity,  and  nrged  them 
to  the  same." 

A  committee  of  twelve  was  appointed,  which  arranged  for 
the  organization  of  a  Synod  and  Classes.  Dr.  Hardenberg  of 
the  churches  of  Karitan,  North  Branch  and  Bedminster  was 
one  of  this  committee ;  and  in  connection  with  prominent  minis- 
ters of  the  denomination  exerted  a  powerful  influence  in  ac- 
complishing a  semi-independent  organization  of  the  Dutch 
Church. 

^November  ■ith,  1773,  a  meeting  of  the  Consistories  of  Bar- 
itan,  North  Branch,  Bedminister  and  New  Millstone,  (now 
Hillsborough  at  Millstone,)  convened  at  the  house  of  Bynier 
Yan  Neste,  in  view  of  •  calling  Domine  Christian  F.  Foering*  as 
a  colleague  to  Domine  Hardenberg,  and  admitting  New  Mill- 
stonef  into  the  collegiate  arr-angement  with  these  other 
churches.  At  that  meeting  it  was  agreed  that  "  a  new  church 
should  be  Ijuilt  near  Cornelius  Yan  Horn's,"  (at  White  House). 
It  was  nineteen  years  after  this,  however,  in  1792,  that  the 
chm'ch  of  Rockaway,  at  White  House,  was  organized. 

The  new  church  edifice  was  not  built  till  1S07.     It  was 

*  "  The  Rev.  Mr.  Foering's  services  seem  to  have  been  in  demand.  In  1771 
he  was  pastor  of  a  German  Reformed  church  at  Germantown.  In  1773  he 
was  preaching  for  a  German  Reformed  church  in  New  York.  In  1773  he  was 
called  as  colleague  to  Domine  Hardenberg,  but  declined,  to  his  own  temporal 
disadvantage,  to  remain  with  his  very  feeble  church  in  New  York.  The  next 
year,  however,  in  October  1774,  he  accepted  a  call  to  the  church  at  New  Mill- 
stone. He  preached  in  German,  Dutch  and  English.  He  died  at  Millstone 
in  1779.  The  day  previous  to  his  death  he  baptized  an  infant  son.  His  wife 
suggested  the  name  Jacob.  "  No,"  said  he,  "  Jacob  was  a  deceiver;  let  him 
be  called  Abraham,  who  was  faithful." 

f  In  1775  incorporated  under  the  name  of  Hillsborough. 


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Iniilt  near  JMr.  Cornelius  Van  Horn's,  ahont  one-tliinl  of  a 
mile  west  of  the  present  church.  But  it  is  recorded  in  the 
Eockaway  church  minutes  that  "Domine  Studdiford  wished 
them  to  liuild  a  c-hurch  not  farther  east  than  Mrs.  Van  Horn's 
bars  " 

Previous  to  building  tlie  chm-ch,  the  people  of  White 
House  worshipped  for  fifteen  yeai's  in  Mr.  Abraham  Horn's 
barn. 

until  1781,  when  he  resigned  his  call  and  removed  to  Roches- 
ter, ]Sr.  Y.,  (not  the  present  city  of  that  name,  but  the  Dutch 
Heformed  church  of  that  name  in  Ulster  County.) 

It  has  Ijeen  said  that  Dr.  Hardenberg's  "  patriotism  was 
very  decided."  "  A  copy  of  an  address  of  the  Ministers,  El- 
ders and  Deacons  of  the  Reformed  Dutcih  church  of  Raritan, 
presented  to  Geii.  George  "Washington,  Commander-hi-Chief 
of  the  Armies  of  the  United  States  of  North  America,"  Avrit- 
ten,  of  course  by  Dr.  Hardenberg,  shows  his  sentiments  very 
clearly. 

This  copy,  in  Dr.  Messler's  hand-writing  is  bound  in  its 
appropriate  place  in  Vol.  1,  of  the  Minutes  of  the  church  of 
Ruritan,  with  a  copy  of  Gen.  Washington's  answer,  and  they 
are  here  re-produced. 

"  May  it  2)1^(186  your  Excellency  : 

"  We,  the  Consistory  of  the  Dutch  Reformed  church  of 
Raritan,  beg  leave  to  embrace  this  opportunity  to  declare  to 
your  Excellency  the  real  sentiments  of  our  hearts. 

"  A  s  we  would  wish  to  adore  the  dii*ecting  hand  of  Provi- 
dence, so  we  are  bound  to  acknowledge  that  spirit  of  patriotism 
which  has  induced  your  Excellency  to  sacrifice  the  sweets  of 


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an  affluent  domestic  life,  to  put  yourself  and  your  most  virtu- 
ous consort  to  repeated  and  affecting  separations,  for  no  othci- 
reason  than  defending  the  just  rights  and  lil)erties  of  your 
bleeding  country  !  Here  sir,  permit  us  to  express  our  grateful 
sense  of  yonr  Exclle'y's  care  and  vigilance  for  this  part  of 
our  country  in  the  trying  winter  of  1777;  when  after  two 
memorable  victories,  your  Excell'y  by  masterly  strokes  of 
generalship  defended  us  with  a  handful  of  undisciplined  militia, 
against  the  depredations  of  a  fornndal)le  army  of  our  enemies, 
collected  and  quartered  in  our  vicinity.  We  cannot  help  ad- 
miring that  gracious  Providence  which  has  made  the  success 
and  victories  of  your  arms  to  bare  down  the.  rememl)rance  of 
discouraging  disappointments,  and  we  cordially  hope  that  the 
agreeal)le  prospect  of  a  speedy  termination  of  the  present 
troubles,  in  favour  of  our  distressed  nation  may  fully  answer 
your  and  our  wishes  and  support  your  Ex'y  under  the 
present  weight  of  perplexing  (;ares  and  concerns,  inseparable 
from  your  station — though  the  quartering  of  armies  among 
citizens  is  always  attended  with  unavoidable  inconveniences  to 
the  latter ;  yet  we  are  agreeably  constrained  to  acknowledge, 
that  your  Ex.y  has  been  pleased  to  take  particular  care 
throughout  this  last  winter,  to  prevent  and  alleviate  their  cal- 
amities as  much  as  possible.  Your  Ex.y's  concern  for  the 
support  of  civil  government  in  its  just  and  equitable  exe- 
cution, has  endeared  you  to  our  fellow  citizens,  and  the  strict 
discipline  which  the  gentlemen  officers  under  jowr  Ex.y's 
more  immediate  command  at  this  place,  have  observed,  not 
only  at  head- quarters,  but  also  throughout  the  body  of  this 
army  we  are  persuaded,  has  merited  the  approbatiou  and  ap- 
plause of  the  good  people  of  this  neighborhood.  We  beg  your 
Ex.y  will  do  us  the  justice  to  believe  us  sincere,  w^ien  we 
declare  our  affection  and  true  regard  for  your  person,  and 
the  deep  sense  we  entertain  of  the  important  services  your 
Ex.y,  and  the  gentlemen  officers   and   soldiers    imder    your 


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command  have  rendered  their  country  in  the  courdc  of  thiri 
severe  contest;  and  we  assm-e  you,  sir,  that  we  shall  deem  it 
onr  duty  and  privilege  to  make  our  warmest  addresses  to  the 
God  of  armies,  for  the  preservation  of  3'our  health  and  invalu- 
al)lc  life;  as  also  that  of  the  brave  officers  and  soldiers  of 
your  ai'my,  praying  that  indulgeant  Heaven  may  direct  ^-our 
counsels,  and  crown  your  exertion  i;i  the  ensuing  campaign, 
with  such  victories  and  success,  as  shall  compel  a  haughty, 
cruel  and  relentless  enemy  to  consent  to  the  terms  of  a  safe, 
honorable  and  lasting  peace. 

"  Signed  by  order  of  the  Consistoiy,  June  1,  1779. 

"Jacob  E,.  IIardenberg,  V.  D.  JL  Praes^ 

To  the  above  "  Addi-ess,"  on  the   very  next  day,  Gen. 
AVashington  returned  the  f ollo\ving  answer : 

TO  THE  MINISTER,  ELDERS  AND  DEACOXS  OF  THE  RErOR:SIED    DUTCH 
CHURCH  OF  RARITAX. 

Camp  Middlebrook,  June  2d,  1779. 
Gentlemen :  To  meet  the  approl^ation  of  good  men  (!an- 
not  but  be  agreealjle.  Yom*  affectionate  expressions  make  it 
more  so.  In  quartering  an  army  and  in  supplying  its  \vants, 
distress  and  inconvenience  will  often  occur  to  the  citizen.  I  feel 
myself  happy  in  the  consciousness  that  these  have  been  strict- 
ly limited  l)y  necessity,  and  in  your  opinion  of  my  attention  to 
the  rights  of  my  fellow  citizens ;  I  thank  you,  gentlemen,  sin- 
cerely for  the  sense  you  entertain  of  the  conduct  of  the  army, 
and  for  the  interest  you  take  in  my  welfare.  I  trust  the  good- 
ness of  the  cause,  and  the  exertions  of  tlie  people,  under 
Divine  protection,  will  give  us  that  honorable  peace  for  which 
we  are  contending.  Suffer  me,  gentlemen,  to  wish  the  Reform- 
ed Dutch  church  at  Raritan,  a  long  contimiance  of  its  present 
Minister  and  Consistory,  and  all  the  blessings  A\hich  ilowfrom 

'■>ietv  and  religion.     I  am,  etc.,  r^       -itt  m 

^      "  °  '  \x¥jj.  Washington. 


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Immediately  after  this  "  Answer  "  Dr.  Messier  has  added, 
in  his  "  Centennial  History  of  Somerset  County," 

"  This  is  quite  a  courtly  document  indeed,  but  it  expresses 
the  sentiments  of  a  noble  man,  in  a  case  where  patriotism  and 
humanity  were  both  concerned.  *  *  It  proves  the  friendship 
of  Washington  and  Ilardenberg." 

At  this  time  Gen.  Washington's  head-quarters  were  in  the 
house  until  recently  owned  by  Caleb  Miller,  the  first  house 
west  of  Dr.  Hardenberg's  residence. 

One  other  incident  connected  with  Gen.  Washington's  re- 
sidence at  Somerville,  we  give  as  appropriate  here. 

To  the  house  which  A.  Yoorhees  Nevius  now  owns,  near 
l^orth  Branch  village,  Gen.  Washington  once  v\^ent,  while  his 
head-quarters  were  at  Raritan,  on  a  visit  of  condolence  to  the 
widow  of  Capt,  Isaac  Brokaw,  killed  in  the  battle  of  German- 
town.  Dr.  Messler's  reflections  on  this  incident  are  as  fol- 
lows : 

"  We  have  always  thought  this  incident  one  of  the  most 
beautiful  exhibitions  of  his  most  extraordinary  life.  What  a 
heart  the  great  man  had  !  And  he  could  well  conceive  of  the 
grief  of  a  lone  widow,  made  so  in  one  of  his  battles,  and  ride 
several  miles  to  see  her  a? id  express  his  sympathy  for  her 
great  loss.  Of  what  other  hero  is  the  same  tenderness  record- 
ed?" 

At  four  different  times  Dr.  Hardenberg  was  chosen  Presi- 
dent of  General  Synod.  He  was  unanimously  appointed  the 
first  President  of  Queen's  [now  Rutgers]  College*  for  the  es- 

*The  first  suggestion  of  a  College  for  tlie  education  of  the  youth,  of  the 
Reformed  Dutch  Church,  is  due  to  Rev.  Theodoras  Jacobus  Frelinghuysen. 
The  charter  for  Queen's  college  was  obtained  March  20th,  1770. 


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taLlislnncnt  of  which  he  hud  done  luuch.  While  president  of 
the  colloijo  *  Dr.  Hardenbern;  Avas  rJso  pastor  of  the  llefornied 
Dutch  church  at  New  Brunswick.  He  was  the  hxst  who 
preached  in  tlie  Dutch  hmguage  in  that  church. 

His  whole  life  work  shows  that  he  was  a  man  of  great 
energy  and  ability.  He  was  conscientiously  devoted  to  his 
work,  and  in  it  accomplished  herculean  lal)ors.     lie  was  presi- 


*  The  New  York  Alumni  of  Rutger's  College  had  their  annual  dinner  at 
Delmonico's,  February  17th,  1883,  about  120  attending.  Judge  Larremore, 
of  the  Class  of  ISol,  presided,  introducing  the  speakers  with  the  following 
remarks  : — 

"Gentlemen  of  the  Alumni. — Tliat  George  III.  of  England  lives  in  mem- 
ory to-day  is  cliietlv  due  to  the  oxerciso  of  his  royal  prerogative  in  granting 
tlie  Charter  of  Queens'  College  on  March  20th,  ITTO.  Its  avowed  purpose 
was  '  to  promote  learning  and  to  supply  ministers  of  the  Go.spel.'  It  m-ver 
dreamed  then  of  supplying  ministers  of  State.  The  War  of  the  Revolution 
ca.st  its  pall  over  our  Alma  Mater,  but  it  found  a  patron  who  touched  the 
corpse  of  its  treasury,  recalled  it  to  life,  and  in  1825  stood  sponsor  when  it 
was  re-baptized  as  Rutger's  College.  I  bid  welcome  then,  brother  alumni, 
to  a  reunion  that  holds  a  century  in  its  grasp  and  scans  a  future  of  encourag- 
ing prosperity." 

"  Secretary  of  State  Frelinghuysen  was  expected  to  answer  tp  the  toast 
"Our  Country,"  but  was  unavoidably  detained  in  Wa.shington.  A  letter 
from  him  was  read,  in  which  he  said  that  Rutgers  was  a  literary  mother  of 
whom  all  might  be  proud.     A  part  of  the  letter  was  as  follows  : — 

"  In  an  unpretending  way  she  has  done  her  duty  to  the  country  in  sending 
forth,  for  generations,  many  men  imbued  with  Christian  principles  and 
intellectually  equipped  for  life's  work.  Notwithstanding  the  impatience  of  the 
times  for  im'mediate  practical  results,  she  holds  on  to  a  curriculum  of  studies 
capable  of  producing  men  of  learning  and  literary  eminence.  And  she  also 
keeps  step  with  the  progress  of  modern  science.  Our  fathers  have  toiled  and 
made  great  sacrifices  to  sustain  and  develop  this  old  College;  let  us  remember 
that  we  are  their  sons." 

"  The  Faculty"  was  responded  to  by  Professor  Doolittle,  who  called  at- 
tention to  the  fact  of  the  great  advance  made  by  the  College  in  scholarship 
and  resources,  and  referred  to  the  distinguished  roll  of  its  Alummi,  who 
adorn  every  walk  of  life." 

Rev.  Dr.  Chambers  spoke  in  behalf  of  "  The  Trustees,"  and  called  for 
more  liberal  contributions  for  the  College.  Justice  Bradley  spoke  for  the 
Supreme  Court     He  said: — 


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dent  of  Queens  College*  1785-90.  He  reoeived  the  degree 
of  D,D.,  from  the  College  of  New  Jersey  when  thirty-three 
years  of  age,  was  one  of  the  original  trustees  of  Queens  Col- 
lege, and  received  the  degree  of  S.  T.  D.,  from  Columbia  Col- 
lege in  1789. 

His  last  words  were  "  I  am  going  to  cast  my  crown  before 
the  throne.  Now  I  shall  go  to  rest,  for  I  shall  go  to  be  with 
tlie  Lord.     Hosanna !" 

No  wonder  he  was  glad  to  go  to  rest.  His  had  ])een  a 
very  busy  life,  and  he  had  accomplished  a  great  life  work, 
though  only  iifty-two  years  of  age. 

He  died  in  New  Brunswick,  N.  J.,  and  was  buried  in  the 
church  3'ard  of  the  Keformed  Dutch  church  of  that  city.     On 


"  The  Judiciary  must  be  independent;  and  to  be  so,  its  members  must  be 
appointed  for  a  long  term  of  years,  so  that  they  may  not  be  the  mere  crea- 
tures of  the  popular  voice.  They  must  also  be  supported  by  an  enlightened 
public  sentiment.  As  are  the  people,  so  will  be  the  judges.  And  most  of 
all,  do  they  depend  upon  a  pure  and  upright  press  for  their  success.  A  cor- 
rupt and  libellous  press  lies  at  the  foundation  of  all  public  and  judicial  de- 
gradation. Let  the  bar  remember  that  it  also  has  largely  to  do  with  the 
character  of  the  bench.  And  let  the  people  remember  that  to  make  the 
bench  what  it  ought  to  be,  it  must  receive  a  remuneration  that  will  lift  it 
above  the  breath  of  calumny  and  attract  to  it  the  wisest  and  ablest  men. " 

Cortlandt  Parker  spoke  to  the  toast,  "The  Bar."  "  It  gave  him  great 
pleasure,"  he  said,  "  to  be  the  guest  of  such  an  honorable  and  learned  body, 
representing,  as  it  did,  one  of  the  great  institutions  of  learning  of  the  coun- 
try. It  was  the  duty  of  the  lawyer  not  only  to  strive  for  the  prizes  of  wealth 
and  honor,  but  to  reflect  glory  upon  his  profession  and  upon  humanity.  It 
sometimes  seemed  as  if  the  sharp  practitioner  succeeded  the  best ;  but  in  the 
long  run,  sterling  principle  and  uprightness  won  all  the  prizes  of  life." 

Among  other  speakers  were  Prof.  Geo.  H.  Cook,  on  "  Science;"  Dr.  W. 
R.  Duryee,  on  "  The  Clergy;"  Montgomery  Schuyler,  on  "  The  Press;"  and 
Jno.  F.  Hageman. — JSfew  York  Daily  Times. 


*The  present  college  building  was  erected  in  1809;  and  the  lots  on  which 
it  stands  was  the  gift  of  Mr.  James  Parker. 


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his   tombstone   is  tlie  following  iiiscriptioii    prepared   l)y  Dr. 

Livingston  : 

"  Here  lies  the  body  of 

J.   K.   IIAllDEXRElKi,    D.D., 

late  pastor  of  this  church, 

Who  departed  this  life,  the^Oth  day  of  October,  1790, 
Aged  fifty-two  years,  months,  and —  days. 

He  was  a  zealous  preacher  of  the  Gospel;  and  his  life 
and  conversation  alTorded,  from  his  earliest  days,  to  all  who 
knew  him  a  bright  example  of  real  ])iety.  He  was  a  steady 
patriot,  and  in  his  public  and  private  conduct  he  manif(>sted 
himself  to  be  the  enemy  of  Tyranny  and  oppression,  the  lover 
of  freedom,  and  the  friend  of  his  country.  He  has  gone  to 
his  Lord  and  Redeemer  in  whose  atonement  he  confidently 
trusted.  He  has  gone  to  receive  the  fruits  of  his  faithful 
labors  and  the  reward  of  a  well  spent  life.  Reader,  while 
you  lament  the  loss  to  society  and  his  friends,  go  walk  in 
his  virtuous  foot-steps;  and  when  you  have  finished  the 
work  assigned  you,  you  shall  rest  with  him  in  eternal  peace." 

The  following  are  the  first  records  made  in  the  Book  of 
Minutes  of  the  church  of  North  Branch  in  the  English  lan- 
guage. These  minutes  refer  to  the  time  when  Haritan  and 
North  Branch  churches  separated.  The  elders  from  the  three 
congregations  only  signed  them  : 

"  North  Branch,  September  11th,  1781. 
"  The  Consistories  of  Raritan,  North  Branch  and  Bedminster 
being  met  at  the  house  of  Peter  Dumont,  and  opened  with 
prayer,  then  and  there  did  agree  that  the  North  Branch  should 
be  the  line  between  the  congregations  of  llaritan  and  North 
Branch,  beginning  where  Peter  Ten  Eyck  now  lives  (the  second 
farm  above  the  grave-yard  at  North  Branch  villagt;)  and  to  ex- 
tend  to  the  place  which  Edward  Bunn  now  oc^cupies  ;  (now 


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owned  by  A.  P.  TunLsoii,  near  South  Branch),  and  did  further 
agree  that  those  persons  from  Bedminster  who  had  signed  at 
the  N.  Brancli  should  remain  with  Bedminster  until  a  more 
suitable  time,  or  further  agreement. 

"  Signed  by  the  elders  of  the  three  congregations. 

Gysbert  Bogakt, 
Peter  Dumont, 
Jan  Vooeiiees." 

"  Anno  1782.  March  the  7th,  the  Consistories  of  the  three 
congregations  met  at  the  house  of  Abraham  Dumont,  and  being 
opened  by  prayer,  did  agree,  that  the  congregation  of  North 
Branch  should  take  up  the  call  that  had  been  sent  to  Pev\ 
Dirck  Komeyn*  unless  he  should  have  concluded  to  accept 
of  the  same. 

"  And  it  was  further  agreed  that  Matthias  Ten  Eyck,  John 
Sebring,  Peter  Dumont  and  John  Simonson  shall  meet  to- 
gether and  choose  five  good  men,  who  are  not  connected  vnth 
these  cono-retrations,  to  value  the  house  and  lands  belonging  to 
the  congregations  of  Raritan  and  North  Branch,  for  which 
Baritan  is  to  pay  the  one-half  value  to  the  elders  and  deacons 
of  North  Branch.  John  Vookhees,^.  t.  Preses. 

"  April  1,  1782.  These  persons  so  appointed  hj  the  three 
Consistories  chose  the  following  five  men  to  make  the  ap- 
praisement; viz.  Garret  Yoorhees,  Abraham  Yoorhees,  Peter 
Nevius,  Christopher  Hoagland  and  Eichard  McDonald  to  meet 
the  8th  inst.,  at  the  house  of  Cornelius  Tunison,  innkeeper." 


*"  He  was  a  pillar  and  an  ornament  to  society."  "  He  was  tlie  counsellor 
of  senators,  tlie  adviser  and  compeer  of  the  warriors  of  the  Revolution,  and 
an  efficient  co-worker  with  the  patriot."  In  the  discharge  of  his  ministeral 
functions  he  proved  himself  an  ahle  minister  of  the  New  Testament,  a  watch- 
man that  needed  not  to  be  ashamed." 


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Timison  was  the  "  iunkeeper  "  in  Raritaii  [Somerville*]. 
His  liouse  stood  where  Fritt's  hotel  no\V  does,  and  part  of  it  is 
51  part  of  the  present  building. 

These  five  persons  met  at  tlie  time  and  place  appointed, 
and  "  after  duly  examining  the  premises  aforesaid  by  these  pre- 
sents, humbly  conceive  the  said  house  and  lands  and  all  other  of 
said  premises,  to  bo  esteemed  by  them  of  the  value  of  six  hun- 
dred and  fifty  pounds,  in  gold  or  silver,  at  seven  shillings  and 
sixpence  per  dollar." 

Raritan  took  the  "Domine's  house,''  and,  in  the  year 
1784,  "  called  "  the  Rev.  T.  F.  Romeyn.  The  house  referred  to, 
remained  the  "  Doniine's  house"  until  Domine  Duryee's  time, 
1786-98,  when  it  was  sold  to  him,  since  which  time  the  First 
church  of  Raritan  has  never  had  a  parsonage. 

"June  19th,  1782.  Consistory  met  to  devise  some  means 
to  have  the  Gospel  preached  in  this  congregation.  Resolved: 
To  make  a  '  call '  upon  the  student,  Mr.  Simeon  Yan  Arts- 
dalen." 

In  March,  1783,  before  Yan  Artsdalen  came.  Rev.  Matthew 
Lej^dt,  who  was  then  pastor  of  the  church  of  N.  and  S.  Hamp- 
ton, in  Bucks  Co.  Pa.,  met  with  the  Consistory  and  has  record- 
ed, and  signed  the  minutes  as  president. 

"  April  ir)th  1783.  Solomon  Ferocligh  t  having  been  ap- 
pointed by  the  Classis  of  New  Brunswick  to  preside  over  Con- 
sistory it  was 

*Tlie  village  began  to  be  called  Somerville  about  1800. 

f  In  1780  he  became  pastor  of  the  churches  of  Hillsborough,  Millstone, 
and  Neshanic  combined.  lie  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  four  united  churches 
of  Long  Island,  Juno  11th,  1783. 


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'■^Resolved:  That  Domine  Yan  Artsdalen preach  one-fiftli 
of  his  time  in  the  barn  of  Cornelius  Yan  Horn,  or  some  con- 
venient place  in  that  vicinity,  at  White  House." 

Dec.  2,  1783.  Domine  Yan  Artsdalen  made  one  record 
in  the  Raritan  Book  of  Minutes,  when  Peter  D.  Yroom,  the 
father  of  the  late  Governor  of  New  Jersey  of  that  name, 
was  made  a  deacon  of  that  church. 

REV.    SIMEON    VAN    ARTSDALEN* 

was  the  fourth  pastor  of  the  church  of  North  Branch.  The 
time  of  his  pastorate  was  not  so  eventful  in  the  history  of  the 
country  as  was  that  of  Dr.  Ilardenberg,  and  tlie  church  was  be- 
coming more  settled  and  regular  in  its  operations  so  that  he  has 
not  filled  so  large  a  place  in  the  public  mind  as  his  predecessors. 
Corwin's  Manual  says  of  him,  "  Few  pastors  of  his  day  were 
held  in  equal  esteem.  He  possessed  great  power  as  a  preach- 
er, and  was  untiring  in  all  pastoral  service.  Of  ardent  piety, 
he  was  also  a  polished  preacher."  He  was  "  called  "  in  1784 
to  the  Reformed  Dutch  chui'ch  in  New  Brunswick,  but  de- 
clined. He  also  received  a  "  call "  from  the  Reformed  Dutch 
church  in  New  York,  but  could  not  be  induced  to  go. 

The  following  minutes  were  recorded  dm^ing  the  ministry 
of  Rev.  Simeon  Yan  Artsdalen  : 

"  Jan.  15th  1784.  Mr.  Michael  Demott  was  presented  to 
Consistory  for  having  brought  into  his  house,  contrary  to  God's 
word,  a  conjuror,  to  see  professionally,  a  child  said  to  be  afflict- 
ed with  witchcraft." 

"  At  the  meeting  of  Consistory  held  Jan.  30th,  both   I)e- 
*Wherever  lie  has  written  liis  own  name,  it  is  so  spelled. 


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mott  and  Decker*  confessed  their  wrouij;  doinj:;,  and  the  mat- 
ter was  dropped."' 

"Jan.  27,  1784.  It  lias  become  clear  to  this  Consistory 
that  other  means  than  those  heretofore  used  are  necessary  in 
order  tt>  support  divine  service. 

'•  A  new  subscription  list  having  therefore  been  circulated, 
according  to  which  the  service  should  l)e  conducted  in  the 
Dutch  or  English  language  in  proportion  to  the  sum  sr.bscrib- 
ed  for  each  language ;  it  appeared  upon  a  comparison  of  the 
subscriptions  that  the  English  so  far  exceeded  the  Dutch  as  to 
have  eight  more  services,  of  which  Christmas  and  New  Yeai's' 
days  shall  form  two." 

It  was  ordered  that  this  resolution  be  published  in  church. 

"  Resolved:  Also,  that  hereafter  the  minutes  of  this  Consis- 
tory shall  be  recorded  in  English,  in  order  that  the  succeeding 
generation  may  have  them  in  a  language  which,  (as  it  now 
seems)  will  be  better  known  to  them."t 

"Jan.  30th,  17S4:.  Resolved:  That  service  be  held  one- 
fifth  of  the  time  at  the  house  of  Mr.  Abraham  Yan  Horn  at 
White  House,  ou  condition  that  the  people  of  that  neighbor- 
hood bear  their  proportional  part  of  all  the  (;hurch  expenses, 
which  they  shall  guarantee  l)y  subscription." 

Domine  Yan  Artsdalen's  pulpit  talents  were  of  a  high 
order;  and  his  gentle,  amiable  life  endeared  him  to  liis  people. 
His  "  call "  to  the  Reformed  Dutch  church  in  New  Brunswick, 
and  to  the  "  collegiate "  church  in  New  York,  testify  to  the 
former ;  and  there  are  those  still  living  who  remember  hearing 

*It  was  a  child  of  Decker. 

fNinety-eiglit  years  have  passed,  and  it  is  believed  that  Andrew  Yan  Vliet, 
about  seventy  years  old,  is  the  only  one  in  lieadington  congregation  that  can 
speak  the  Ilolland  language. 


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attendants  on  his  ministiy  and  who  knew  him  well,  speak  fre- 
quently of  the  hitter.  He  was  an  aljle  preacher  and  a  persuasive 
speaker.  Dr.  Messier,  at  Dr.  Yan  Liew's  funeral  in  1869,  said, 
"  Yan  Arsdaled,  the  gentle,  polished,  beautiful  scholar,  who  in 
a  brief  career  of  a  year  or  two  rose  to  the  first  place  of 
honor  among  his  cotemporaries,"  He  was  pastor  of  Heading- 
ton  church  1783-6.  The  collegiate  arrangement  with  Karitan 
and  Bedminster  had  been  abandoned  *  before  his  settlement. 
Domine  Yan  Artsdalen  was  born  in  Bucks  County,  Pa.  He 
was  tlie  son  of  Nicholas  Yan  Artsdalen  and  Jannetje  Yan 
Zant,  and  was  baptized  Jan.  18th,  1761,  in  the  Beformed  Dutch 
church  of  North  and  South  Hampton  at  Churchville,  in  Bucks 
Co.,  Pa.  December  2Sth,  1766,  his  brother  Christopher  was 
baptized.  Both  of  these  baptisms  were  during  the  ministry 
of  Rev.  Jonathan  Dubois.  Simeon  Yan  Artsdalen,  it  is 
said,  studied  at  Princeton  College,  and  received  his  theological 
training  under  Dr.  Livingston.  He  was  examined  for  licen- 
sure before  tlie.  General  Synod  at  Millstone  in  October, 
1782.  His  trial  sermon,  on  that  occasion,  was  founded  on 
Bomans  8 :  32,  "  He  that  spared  not  his  own  Son,  but  delivered 
him  up  for  us  all,  how  shall  he  not.  with  him  freely  give  us 
all  things  ?  "  The  next  year  he  was  examined  for  ordination 
before  the  General  Synod  which  met  at  New  Paltz,  Ulster 
Co.,  N.  Y. 

Domine   Yan  Artsdalen  was  twice   married.      First    to 
Maria  Hoogland,  and  the  second  time  to   Magdalen  Duryee. 


*l-laritaa  was  never  again  associated  with  this  church  as  a  collegiate 
charge. 


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Ho  lived,  and  died,  and  was  Juried,  on  the  "  Parsonaj^e 
farm"  (al)out  two  miles  west  of  Ileadington  church),  out- 
side of  the  present  west  wall  of  the  "  Schamp  burying-ground."' 
He  died  in  1786,  and  in  1S15  his  remains  were  removed  to 
Ileadington  and  buried  on  the  w'est  side  of  the  clun-ch.  His 
gra\-e  is  a  little  way  west  of  the  present  church  edifice,  mark- 
ed with  a  small  marble  tomb-stoue  with  the  following  inscrip- 
tion : 

"  111  memory  of 
TlIK   REV.    SIMEON   VAX   ARSDALEN, 

Who  departed  tliis  life  tlie  26tli  May,  178G, 
In  the  33rd  year  of  his  age. 

"  Here  lies  entombed  a  servant  of  the  I^ord, 
A  faithful  preacher  of  His  Sacred  word 
"\Mio  now  with  Christ  in  glory  is  set  down, 
Decked  in  white  robes  and  honored  with  a  crown." 


METHODISM. 

Some  extracts  from  the  minutes   concerning  Methodism 
xwill  be  of  interest,  and  we  accordinglj^  give  them,  simply  as  evi- 
dence of  what  this  form  of  Christianity  had  to  contend  with,  even 
here,  a  hundred  years  ago.    Under  date  of  April  18th,  1775. 
occurs,  the  following  : 

"  Margaret  Demott  for  an  offence  given  to  the  churcli  in 
countenancing  the  erroneous  doctrine  of  the  Methodists,  haviu"- 
heretofore  l)een  debarred  the  use  of  the  Lord's  Supper,  is  now 
upon  confession  of  sin,  admitted  to  tlie  benefit  of  that  sacred 
ordinance." 


74: 

September  10th,  1788,  the  following  record  occurs: 

"  Mr.  ISTicholas  Egbert's  examination  then  took  place  with 
respect  to  some  erroneous  principles  which  he  maintained  and 
for  which,  as  a  member  of  the  church  in  communion,  he  was  to 
render  an  account.  But  as  he  chose  not,  after  being  convinced 
by  his  own  acknowledgement  on  one  point,  to  al>ide  by  the 
conviction,  the  Consistory  thought  fit  to  dismiss  him,  allowing 
him  four  weeks  for  the  reconsidering  of  the  affair." 

There  is  no  statement  in  reference  to  what  particular 
views  he  held,  but  it  is  well  known  that  they  were  Arminian. 
He  lived  and  died  at  the  "  Brookye  "  (now  Pleasant  Hun)  where 
Aaron  Thompson  resides.  lie  was  buried  in  the  Eman's 
burying-ground,  half  a  mile  south-east  of  where  he  died. 
Al)out  1854  the  Methodists  of  that  region  lield  a  celebration  at 
the  above  named  burying-ground,  sj)oke  of  him  as  the  founder 
of  Methodism  in  that  part  of  the  country,  and  erected  a  monu- 
ment to  his  memory. 

It  would  be  interesting  to  know  whether  he  w^as  a  follower 
of  John  Wesley,  or  whether  he  had  imbibed  these  views  from 
reading  the  writino-s  of  the  Remonstrants  of  Holland. 

There  are  now  three  M.  E.  churches  within  the  bounds  of 
what  was  once  the  Keadington  church.  We  give  a  sketch  of 
each. 

THE    M.    E.    CHUKCH    OF    READINGTON. 

As  early  as  1824,  Revs.   John  Creamer,  Isaac  Winner, 

and  Weed,  from   the    Trenton  "  circuit "   preached,  at 

stated  intervals,  in  the  old  School  House  near  this  place. 

The  old  church,  the  first  M.  E.  church  in  the  to\^mship, 
stood  on  lands  donated  for  that  purpose  by  Asher  Hankin- 


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son.*  Mr,  Hankinsou  also  aided  materially  in  huildinj^  the  first 
house  of  worship.  It  was  owing  largely  to  his  efforts  that  the 
c'hurcli  was  built  at  the  "Grove"  instead  of  at  Pleasant  Hun. 

It  was  united  with  tlie  Fleniington  "eharge"  till  18G7, 
since  wliich  it  has  ])een  in  connection  with  the  "  Allentown" 
chui'ch  in  Clinton  township. 

During  the  ministry  of  Rev.  J.  P.  Daily,  in  1854,  a 
movement  was  made  to  build  a  new  church  edifice.  The  next 
year  it  was  built  about  one-eighth  of  a  mile  north  of  the  site 
of  the  old  church.  John  B.  Sharp,  David  O.  Cole,  and  Elisha 
Larue  were  the  Building-connnittee  for  the  erection  of  this 
edifice.  James  P.  Osborn,  Peter  S.  Dally,  John  B.  Sharp, 
Abraham  V.  Cole,  Oliver  Smith,  and  Gideon  Ev\ing  formed 
the  first  Board  of  Trustees  after  its  erection. 

THE    M.    E.    CHURCH    AT    MECHANICSVILLE. 

In  1832,  Revs.  John  and  AVilliam  Gilmer,  and An- 
derson preached  occasionally  in  the  neighborhood  of  Me- 
chanicsville. 

About  1836  Revs.  John  Lenhart,  and  James  O.  Rodgers, 
and  about  1838  Rev.  Curtis  Talley  preached  here. 

Isaiah  P.  Large,  Geo.  Hall,  John  Hall,  AYm.  Iliff,  and  J. 
S.  Yan  Horn  formed  the  firsi  board  of  trustees- 
Prior  to  the  year  1844:  there  was  a  small  "class"  of 
Methodists  in  Mechanicsville,  of  not  more  than  seven  or  eight 
persons.  During  the  Fall  of  that  year  there  were  many  con- 
versions. Soon,  measures  were  taken  for  the  erection  of  a 
Methodist  house  of  worship.  The  first  church  edifice  was  built 
and  dedi('ated  in  1845.  It  stood  a  few  rods  south-east  of  the 
*N'ot  Atkison  as  erroneously  stated  n.  oOO,  "  Hist    Hunt,  and  Soni.  Co's." 


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present  church,  where  the  cemetery  now  is,  on  lands  donated 
by  Geo.  ^Y.  Scott. 

The  pastors*  of  the  church  and  the  dates  of  their  re- 
spective pastorates  are  as  follows : 

1843-4,  W.  Robertson;  1845-6,  Abr.  Owen;  184 Y-8,  I. 
Cross;  1849,  E.  Sanders;  1850-1,  B.  Kelley;  1852,  H.  M. 
Brown;  1853-4,  F.  Lummis;  1855,  D.  McOurdy ;  1856-7,  J-. 
P.  Daily;  1858-9,  J.  B.  Ileward;  1860-1,  J.  Coit;  1862-3,  I. 
Thomas ;  1864-5,  A.  Craig ;  1866,  Wm.  W.  Yoorhees ;  1867-9, 
M.  Herr;  1870-2,  S.  P.  Lacey;  1873-5,  Wm.  C.  Nelson; 
1876-8,  A.  Van  Deusen;  1879-80,  J.  A.  Kingsbury ;  1881,  D. 
Walters. 

A  new  church  edifice  was  built  at  Mechanicsville  in  1867, 
during  the  pastorate  of  Rev.  Martin  Herr. 

THE    M.    E.    CHUBCU    AT    CENTEEVILLE 

grew  .out  of  a  "revival"  during  the  winter  of  1868,  under  the 
labors  of  Rev.  David  Walters,  then  stationed  at  Flemington, 
N.  J.  The  church  was  built  in  1869,  and  dedicated  in  March 
1870  by  Rev.  Lewis  R.  Dunn,  D.D. 

The  names  of  the  Pastors,  with  the  dates  of  tlieir  respect- 
ive pastorates  are  as  follows : 

1868-9,  D.  Walters ;  1870-1,  J.  Davis ;  1872,  A.  Van  Deu- 
sen; 1873-4,  F.  Bl(3om;  1875-6,  J.  Farrow;  1877-8,  J.  A. 
Craig;  1879-80,  T.  Sharp;  1881,  G.  W.  Woodall. 

It  was  not  till  1790  that  the  churches  of  Raritan,  North 
Branch,  New  Brunswick,  Six-mile  Run,  and  Millstone  declared 

*Succeeding  facts  concerning  M.  E.  cliurclies  of  Mechanicsville  and  Cen- 
terville  were  furnished  by  Rev.  David  Walters. 


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their  "  will,  not  to  coiitimie  uny  longer  a  body  politic  by  vu-tue 
of  the  (-luirter  of  incorporation/' 

The  collegiate  arrangement  between  Raritan,  North 
Branch  and  Bedminster  had  l)ccn  practically  abandoned  when 
Hardenberg  resigned  in  1781,  and  with  the  other  churches 
long  before ;  but  in  1790  this  definite  action  was  taken,  that 
they  might  incorporate  according  to  the  new  law  of  1789- 

PETER  STUDDIFORD 

was  the  energetic  and  efficient  pastor  of  this  church,  1787- 
1826.  He  was  born  in  New  York  City  in  1763,  was  the  son 
of  Captain  John  Studdiford,  a  sea  captain,  who  came  from 
Penryn,  Cornwall,  England,  to  New  York  city,  where  he  mar- 
ried in  1758  Aletta  Berger  of  that  city,  but  formerly  of 
Ulster  Co.,  N.  Y. 

Mr.  Studdiford  graduated  at  Kings  (now  Columbia)-  Col- 
lege in  New  York,  studied  theology  under  Dr.  Livingston,  and 
was  licensed  by  the  Christian  Synod  of  R.  D.  churches  in 
1787.  During  his  collegiate  course  he  was  a  room-mate,  as 
well  as  class-mate,  of  the  celebi'ated  Dewitt  Clinton.* 

Domine  Studdiford  was  elected  a  trustee  of  Queens  Col- 
lege in  1788,  and  was  appointed  Professor  of  Hebrew  in  1792. 

Corwin's  "  Manual  "  says  of  him,  copied  from  Macj.  R.  D. 
C,  1,328,  "  He  was  a  patriotic  citizen."  In  politics  he  was  a 
decided  Federalist.  He  wrote  several  articles  under  the  sol)ri- 
quet  c>f  "  Somerset  Farmer,"  for  the  Trenton  Federalist  ; 

*The  writer  once  heard  Prof.  Strong,  of  Riitgei-s  College  say,  in  speaking 
of  liim  as  the  projector  of  the  Erie  Canal  "He  was  a  generation  ahead  of 
his  time. " 


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and  previous  to  the  election  of  the  Ler^islature  which  made 
Richard  Stockton,  U.  S.  Senator,  he  went  with  his  friend 
Thomas  Johnson,  Esq.,  a  celebrated  lawyer  of  that  day,  and 
made  political  addresses. 

DUTCH  PREACHING. 

The  change  from  the  nse  of  the  Dutch  language  to  Eng- 
lish occurred  while  Domine  Studdiford  ministered  here.  The 
controversy  was  not  so  long  as  in  many  places,  but  it  was  very 
decisive.  Domine  Studdiford  did  not  understand  the  Dutch 
language ;  but  on  accepting  the  "  call "  had  engaged  to  make 
himself  so  acquainted  wn'th  it,  as  to  preach  occasionally  in 
Dutch  for  the  benefit  of  the  older  people.  This  he  attempted 
to  do,  but  did  not  succeed  very  well.  He  preached  a  few 
times  in  Dutch,  but  found  it  too  difficult  and  discontinued  his 
efforts.* 

After  this,  the  Consistory  changed  Domine  Studdiford's 
"  call "  so  that  he  was  henceforth  relieved,  by  competent 
authority,  from  preaching  in  Dutch.  The  following  is  an 
extract  from  the  minutes  concerning  it : 

"  1789,  October  2.  The  Consistory  met  at  the  house  of 
Mr.  Abraham  Dumont,  and  with  them  the  Rev,  Jno.  Duryea, 

*Some  of  tlie  old  people  were  very  much  displeased  with  this  course,  and 
one  Sabbath  morning,  having  obtained  possession  of  the  key,  locked  the  churcli 
door  against  the  Domine.  Very  soon  Peter  Ten  Brook,  not  a  church  member, 
but  a  warm  friend  of  the  Domine,  and  in  whose  shed  the  Domine  was  accus- 
tomed to  put  his  horse  during  the  church  service,  hearing  that  the  church 
was  locked  against  the  minister,  came  up  icith  an  axe,  and  said  to  the  malcon- 
tents, "  If  i/ou  don't  open  that  door  Iirill!  "  The  door  was  opened,  and  the 
Domine  went  in  and  preached  as  usual.  The  excitement  soon  died  away — 
and  the  trouble  about  not  preaching  in  Dutch  was  ended. 


for  the  purpose  of  ;ilterin<j;  that  part  of  the  Rev.  V.  Stiiddi- 
fonl's  call  respecting  Dutch  preaching,  which  is  now  to  be 
English  altogether.  xVt  the  same  time  it  was  agreed,  for  the 
sake  of  the  Dutch  friends,  to  try  to  get  Dutch  preachitig  as 
often  as  convenient  bv  an  exchange  of  service  with  neiirhbor- 
ing  ministers.*" 

Domine  Studdiford  resided  during  the  early  years  of  his 
ministry,  on  the  farm  lately  owned  hy  tli;*  widow  of  Lawrence 
v.,  his  third  son.  It  is  near  South  Ih-auch,  about  three 
miles  from  Readington.  This  farm,  his  tirst  wife,  Pliebe 
Van  Derveer,  inherited  from  her  father,  Jacobus  Van  Der- 
veer,  of  Bedminster,  in  Somerset  Co.  After  his  iirst 
wife  died,  the  farm  of  course  lielonged  to  her  children, 
James,  Peter  O.,  Lawrence  v.,  and  Henry  ;  and  the  Domine 
bought  a  farm  a])Out  half  way  between  the  head  of  the 
Ilaritan  and  "  Van  Derveer's  Mills."  The  farm  now  belongs 
to  William  IL  Ilenriques.  The  Domine,  later  in  life,  bought 
the  mill*  at  South  Branch.  He  married  as  his  second  wdfe, 
Maria  Van  Horn,  by  whom  he  had  three  children,  John,  Wil- 
liam, and  Phebe  Eliza.  He  died  Xov.  21st,  182G,  in  the 
''Brick  house'' — the  dwelling  still  belonging  with  the  mill 
property  at  South  Branch. 

*Tlie  mill  is  now  owiiPtl  by  Mr.  Theodore  Amennan.  His  title  is  not  only 
for  the  land  on  which  the  mill  stands  with  its  surroundings,  but  also  the  river, 
from  the  Karitan  river  to  the  upper  end.  of  "  IIopp  "  island  (including  the  is- 
land) "  and  so  far  up  the  South  Branch  as  to  make  the  full  quantity  of  fifty- 
two  acres  of  land  covered  with  water."  "  IIopp"  island  is  supposed  to  bo 
opposite  where  the  road  from  Flagtown  to  South  Branch  intersects  the  road 
leading  from  the  latter  ])lare  to  Xoshanic.  A  deed  now  before  me,  dated 
1816,  stales  that  "the  right"  to  this  "  land  covered  with  water"  was  "grant- 
ed by  Samuel  Neville  (one  of  the  original  proprietors  of  East  Jersey)  and  sur- 
veved  for  Coort  Van  Voorhees,"  who  owned  the  mill  in  17-13. 


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Domine  Studdif ord  died  from  the  effects  of  a  fall  received 

in  the  following  manner.     He  was  going  to  lecture  at 

near  Three  Bridges,  al)ont  seven  miles  from  his  home.  Taking 
a  man  np  to  ride  with  liim  in  his  gig,  "  he  Avas  crowTled  so  far 
over  the  side  of  tiie  seat  that  he  did  not  see  a  stump  on  the 
opposite  side  of  the  road,  and  the  wheel  running  over  it,  threw 
him  out,  and  the  wdieel  ran  over  his  lame  limh  ;  his  fall  jerked 
the  lines  wdiich  he  held  in  his  hand,  the  horse  fell  back,  and 
the  wdieel  was  backed  over  him  again." 

Domine  Studdif  ord  preached  his  last  sermon  in  the  church 
on  the  first  Sabbath  in  July,  1826,  sitting  in  front  of  the 
pulpit.  It  w^as  after  his  fall,  and  he  was  carried  from  his  gig 
in  a  chair  l^y  two  of  his  Consistory — Capt.  Henry  A.  Post  and 
Peter  Schamp,  or  Andrew  Hageman — my  informant  could  not 
say  positively  which.  The  sight  of  carrying  the  disabled  old 
Domine  in  the  church  had  made  an  indelible  impression  on  his 
boyish  mind,  and  the'  whole  scene  seemed  very  vivid  to  his 
recollection  when  he  related  it  to  me.  He  said  "  I  can  see  it 
just  as  plain  as  though  it  was  but  yesterday." 

Soon  after  this  last  sermon  of  Domine  Studdiford,  the 
Consistory  took  measures  to  have  the  pulpit  regularly  supplied, 
and  pastoral  work  performed. 

John  Yan  Liew,  a  young  minister  wdiose  father  resided 
near  Neshanic,  in  Somerset  Covmty,  had  just  returned  from 
a  trip  on  horseback,  as  far  South  as  Georgia.,  On  the  first 
Sabbath  after  his  return,  being  in  the  church  at  Neshanic, 
he  met  "  Carpenter,"  John  "W.  Hall,  who  informed  him  that 
Domine  Studdiford  had  been  so  injured  that  he  was  unable  to 
perform  his  ministerial  duties,  and  invited  him  [Van  Liew]  to 


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come  over  and  preach  for  tlic  Readington  people.  This  he 
did  ;  and,  in  the  hitter  part  of  .Iiily,  1826,  entered  into  an  en- 
gagement with  the  Consistory  of  the  clnircli  to  snpply  the 
jMilpit  and  perform  reguhir  pastoral  duties  for  six  months. 

About  twenty-live  years  ago  Dr.  Studdiford  of  Lambert- 
\ille  liad  been  at  Readington  to  preach,  and  came  home  to 
dine  with  my  father  who  was  afterward  to  send  him  to  his 
brother's — Lawrence  V.  Studdiford — who  resided  on  the  farm 
which  was  once  his  mother's.  The  writer  was  sent  to  take  Dr. 
Studdiford  to  his  brother's.  As  we  crossed  the  Readington 
brook,  about  two  hundred  yards  from  the  house,  the  Doctor 
said : 

"  I  remember  one  day  when  I  was  a  little  boy,  playing  in 
the  edge  of  the  brook  just  there  [pointing  to  the  spot]  ;  I  was 
very  busy,  and  did  not  notice  the  approach  of  my  fatlier.  Sud- 
denly I  heard  him  say :  '  Peter  !  haven't  I  told  you  not  to 
play  in  the  brook  ? '  I  started  to  run  for  the  house,  and  as  I 
passed  liim,  he  struck  m3  with  a  little  whip  he  had  in  his  hand. 
AVhen  a  safe  distance  ahead,  I  looked  around  and  saw  my 
father  laugh  !     All  my  fears  vanished  immediately." 

Domine  Studdiford  was  made  lame  for  life  when  a  little 
boy,  when  the  British  occupied  New  York,  l)y  being  struck  on 
the  knee  l)y  a  drunken  British  soldier,  with  the  l)utt-end  of  a 
musket.  "  He  w^as  a  faithful  and  affectionate  pastor,  a  patri- 
otic citizen,  and  a  humble,  devout,  and  liberal-minded  Cln-is- 
tian.  He  excelled  as  an  extemporaneous  preacher,- transcend- 
ing himself  when  suddenly  called  upon  to  take  the  place  of  an 
alxsentee.  These  efforts  had  all  the  iinisli  and  more  than  the 
force  of  an  elaborate  preparation."  Tliis  i.'  well  illustrated  by 
the  followin<r  incident.     When  ijoins:  to  the  church  one  Sab- 


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bath  morning — being  more  than  half  way  on  liis  road — he  saw 
a  man  lying,  drunk,  in  the  gutter.  Immediately  the  words, 
"  O  wretched  man  that  I  am  !  Wlio  shall  delivei*  me  from  the 
body  of  this  death  ?  "  Rom.  7  :  24  flashed  across  his  mind  ; 
and,  a  few  minutes  after,  he  went  into  the  pulpit  and  preached 
a  powerful  sermon  from  that  text. 

He  was  a  very  busy  man.  He  never  lived  on  the  "  par- 
sonage farm  "  which  lies  al)out  two  miles  west  of  the  church, 
at  Readington,  and  is  now  owned  by  Peter  Schamp.  The 
Schamp  bmying-ground  is  at  the  north-west  corner  of  it.  This 
farm,  containing  about  130  acres,  was  sold  by  Peter  Schamp, 
the  grandfather  of  the  present  elder  of  that  name,  to  the  Con- 
sistory, May  18th,  1TS2,  for  £563,  18s,  9d,  "gold  or  silver 
money,  at  the  rate  of  seven  shillings  and  six  pence  the  dollar." 
The  Deed  was  made  to  "  Peter  Dumont,  Peter  Covenhoven, 
William  Vanfleet,  William  Wickoff,  Abraham  Monfort,  John 
Simonson,  Rynear  Smock,  John  Dacker,  Elders  and  Deacons." 

Tlie  farm  was  sold  by  Consistory  to  Henry  Stevens,  in 
1803.  March  10th,  of  that  year,  it  was  surveyed  and  draft 
made  by  Peter  D.  Yroom. 

The  "  parsonage  farm  "  being  sold,  and  the  money  put  at 
interest,  helped  to  pay  the  Domine's  salary.  This  fund  was 
afterwards  increased,  at  different  times,  by  legacies  left  to  the 
church,  l)ut  it  decreased  also  by  the  loss  of  money  put  at  in- 
terest and  l)y  using  part  of  the  principal  for  various  jDurposes 
until  1851,  when,  about  $2,500  remaining,  it  was  used  in  pur- 
chasing the  present  parsonage.  Thus  the  fund,  sometimes  in- 
creased and  sometimes  diminished,  created  by  the  sale  of  the  par- 
sonage in  1803,  was  used  to  purchase  a  parsonage  again  in  1851. 


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THE    PRESENT    PARSOxNAGE. 

The  pvesent  parsonage  lot  was  bought  by  Domine  Van 
Liew  in  1828,  of  Andrew  Thompson.  It  consists  of  ten 
acres  of  land  taken  off  of  the  east  end  of  the  farm  now 
owned  l>y  Samuel  Connet.  Domine  Yan  Liew's  fatlier  aided 
him  in  l)uilding,  s(^  that  during  the  larger  part  of  his  ministry 
he  lived  in  liis  own  house.  This,  with  ten  acres  of  land,  with 
plenty  of  good  fruit,  and  an  abundance  of  shade  and  orna- 
mental trees  near  the  house,  makes  it  a  very  desirable  parson- 
age property. 

Domine  Studdiford's  salarv  was,  accordino;  to  the  treas- 
urer's  book  in  1  SOT,  three  hundred  dollars  a  year.  An  item 
from  his  book  about  that  time  may  be  of  interest : — "  Paid 
necessary  expenses  for  cleaning  the  church,  viz :  Liquor  and 
sand,  0.59." 

Peter  Quick  was  treasurer  of  the  church  previous  to  1822. 
He  was  succeeded  in  that  office  by  Aaron  Lane  till  lie  died  in 
184-1.  He  was  immediately  followed  by  John  S.  Berger  till 
1881.     Peter  G.  Schomp  now  holds  the  office. 

Domine  Studdiford  died  in  jSTovember,  1826.  After  his 
death  the  congregation  met  to  decide  on  "  calling  "  a  minister 
to  succeed  liim.  Rev.  John  -Yan  Liew,  and  Rev.  Peter  O. 
Studdiford,  who  was  then  settled  in  the  Presbyterian  church 
at  Lambertville,  N.  J.,  were  voted  for.  The  congregation 
decided  for  Rev.  Mr.  Studdiford.  A  Call  was  sent  to  him, 
but  he  felt  constrained,  on  account  of  the  situation  of  the 
church  at  Lambertville,  to  decline  it.  Rev.  John  Yan  Liew 
was  subsequently  "called.'"  He  accepted  tlie  "  Call,"  and  was 
the  faithful  and  much-loved  pastor  till  he  died,  in  1 869. 


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The  first  entry  made  in  the  Book  of  Minutes  of  this 
church  bv  Domine  Van  Liew  is  the  following  : 

"  John  Van  Liew  began  supplying  the  pulpit  the  latter 
part  of  July,  1826.  Dominie  Studdiford  having  been  disabled 
by  a  fall  which  terminated  in  his  death,  the  Call  of  J  ohn  Yan 
lW  dated  May  1st,  1827." 

The  Eev.  Peter  O.  Studdiford,  D.D,,  the  second  son  of 
Domine  Studdiford,  was  so  beloved  by  this  congregation — a 
majority  of  which  Mashed  him  to  become  their  pastor  after  his 
father  died — that  a  brief  mention  of  him  is  not  deemed  out  of 
place  in  this  connection. 

He  was  ordained  in  1821,  and  immediately  became  the 
pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  church  at  Lambertville,  where  he  re- 
mained till  he  died  in  1866.  The  "  Life  "  of  Dr.  Hodge,  of 
Princeton,  recently  published,  says : 

"  He  (Dr.  Hodge)  introduced  to  that  congregation  his  friend 
and  former  school-mate,  Pev.  Peter  O.  Studdiford,  D.D.,  who, 
with  his  excellent  son,  the  Pev.  P.  A.  Studdiford,  D.D.,  have 
been  to  the  present  time  the  only  pastors  of  the  large  and 
nourishing  church  into  which  it  has  grown." 

At  his  funeral,  Dr.  Hodge  who  had  been  a  schoolmate 
of  his  at  Somerville,  N.  J.,  bore  this  decided  testimony  : 

"  What  he  was  as  a  boy  he  was  as  a  man.  The  impression 
he  made  on  his  school  fellows  was  the  impression  he  has  left  on 
this  community  after  Ids  forty-five  years  of  pastoral  service 
among  them.  Intellectual  superiority,  distinguished  scholai-- 
ship,  and  goodness  in  the  most  comprehensive  sense  of  that 
word  were  his  characteristics  in  school,  and  have  been  his 
characteristics  through  life.  He  w^as  a  good  student,  a  good  and 


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obedient  pupil,  good  in  his  moral  character,  good  to  all  around 
Jiim.  Althougli  I  knew  him  longer  perhaps,  than  any  one  in 
this  large  audience,  you  knew  him  better,  for  he  lived  among 
you,  and  lived  for  you.  It  is  lunvever  a  satisfaction  to  his  old 
frienda  to  bear  their  testimony  to  his  varied  excellence.  We  all 
esteemed  him  as  an  eminently  Mise,  judicious,  learned  and  able 
tlieologian.  In  the  course  of  fifty-five  years  I  never  heard  him 
speak  evil  of  any  man,  and  I  never  heard  any  man  speak  evil  of 
him.  In  the  discharge  of  his  pastoral  duties  he  was,  as  you  well 
know,  instructive,  faithful  and  laborious.  In  the  Judicatories 
and  Boards  of  our  Churcli,  he  was  uniformly  kind  and  cour- 
teous, and  his  opinions  were  always  received  with  the  greatest 
deference.  Yerj  few  men  have  lived  a  more  honoraljle  and 
useful  life,  and  very  few  have  been  more  lamented  in  death." 


REV.  JOHN  VAN  LIEW 

was  the  son  of  Dennis  Van  Liew  and  Maria  Suydam,  of  Nesh- 
ani(;,  N.  J.  His  was  a  remarkable  experience.  lie  graduated 
from  Queens  College  when  eighteen  years  of  age.  Upon  com- 
pleting this  course  he  passed  through  a  peculiarly  trying  state 
of  mind.  Imbued  from  his  earliest  years  with  a  high  regard 
for  Christianity,  and  esteeming  the  ministry  as  a  profession  first 
in  importance,  and  honor,  and  blessing,  he  instinctively  turned 
to  it.  But  he  was  not  yet,  consciously,  a  subject  of  divine 
grace.  He  therefore  thought  seriously  of  devoting  himself  to 
the  law,  as  a  matter  of  duty,  or  a  means  of  honorable  useful- 
ness; l)ut  for  some  inexplicable  reason,  he  could  not  decide  upon 
this.  He  little  knew  at  that  time,  what  power  hedged  about 
his  path  and  gave  direction  to  his  thought.  The  desire  of  his 
parents  (tliough  it  was  not  pressed  upon  him)  was  that  he 


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should  serve  God  in  the  ministry.  Especially  Avas  this  the 
case  with  his  mother ;  and  daily  she  besieged  the  throne  of 
grace,  pleading  that  her  desire  might  be  fulfilled  in  reference 
to  her  first  born  son.  How  much  he  owed,  and  how  much  the 
Church  of  God  owes,  to  that  fond  mother's  faithful  and  im- 
portunate prayers  eternity  alone  can  tell. 

In  this  frame  of  mind,  acting  principally  under  the  advice 
of  Prof.  Schureman,*  he  attended  a  course  of  lectures  on  theo- 
logy, by  Dr.  Livingston,  not  definitely  with  the  purpose  of  en- 
tering the  ministry,  but  that  he  might  engage  in  that  particular 
line  of  study  which  was  most  congenial  to  his  tastes,  and  which 
alone  seemed  attractive  to  him.  Sitting  at  the  feet  of  that 
profound  instructor,  and  devoting  himself  to  the  study  of 
theology,  as  a  science,  his  mind  became  more  and  more  al^sorb- 
ed  in  the  subject,  as  a  matter  of  personal  interest,  until  it  be- 
came almost  the  only  subject  on  which  his  thoughts  could  rest. 
Thus  led  by  the  Spirit,  he  unconditionally  surrended  himself 
to  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  early  in  the  year  ISlT.f 

In  the  former  part  of  his  ministry,  Dr.  Yan  Liew  wrote 
his  sermons,  and  they  were  very  much  elaborated.  In  his  ma- 
ture and  later  years,  he  always  preached  extempore.  He  was 
an  instructive  preacher,  but  his  daily  walk  was  such  as  to  com- 
mend, most  powerfully,  the  religion  which  he  taught.  During 
his  ministry  the  church  became  very  large  and  compact ;  though 
twice  during  that  time,  new  churches  were  formed,  mostly  of 
members  from  this  church — Stanton  in  1833,  and  Branchville 

*Probably  a  descendant  of  Jacobus  Schureman,  the  school  master    wlio 
came  from  Holland  witli  Rev.  T.  J.  Frelinghuysen. 

f  Largely  from  funeral  sermon  of  Dr.  Van  Liew  by  Rev.  Henry  P.  Thomp- 


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in  1S50.  Provious  to  this  the  church  of  Rockaway,  at  White 
House,  i:i  1792;  and  of  North  Branch,  at  North  Brancli 
vilhige,  in  lS25,liad  Lecn  organized  Lirgelj  with  persons  from 
this  church. 

For  many  years  there  were  two  sermons  a  day  during  the 
Simimer,  in  the  clun'ch.  At  the  intermission,  people  would 
repair  to  their  wagons,  or  tlie  shade  of  some  friendly  tree,  or 
even  sit  still  in  their  pews,  and  cat  the  lunch  which  they  had 
brought  with  them.  For  many  years  persons  came  and  arrang- 
ed their  stands — notably  two  or  tliree  in  the  memory  of  those 
now  living — and  wlicn  the  morning  services  M'ere  ended,  they 
were  ready,  on  the  church  grounds,  to  sell  cake  and  beer 
to  all  who  patronized  them.  Boys,  especially,  would  save 
their  pennies  during  the  week  so  that  they  might  gratify  their 
appetites  with  these  luxuries  when  Sunday  came.  This  cus- 
tom of  having  two  sermons  a  day,  in  the  clim*ch,  continued 
until 


SUNDAY-SCHOOLS 

were  organized  in  the  different  neighborhoods.  This  was  about 
1828.  The  S-imday-school  at  Pleasant  Hun  had  been  organized 
in  1825.  It  was  the  first  organized  in  the  congregation;  and 
Aaron  Thompson,  who  is  now  an  elder  in  this  chm'ch,  has 
been  regularly  connected  with  the  school  from  that  time  to 
this. 

Soon  after  the  Sunday-schools  were  established,  Domine 
Yan  Liew — having  discontinued  two  sermons  a  day,  in  tlie 
church — began  his  regular  Sabbath  afternoon,  or  evening  lee- 


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tures  in  different  parts  of  the  congregation,  which  cnstom  has 
been  continued  ever  since.  And  we  express  our  firm  convic- 
tion of  the  wisdom  of  tlie  plan  in  widely  scattered  congrega- 
tions. It  not  only  tends  to  cement  the  congregation — it  at- 
taches the  people  of  different  neighborhoods  more  closely  to 
the  pastor,  and  more  than  all — it  brings  the  Gospel  to  many 
who  would  not  otherwise  hear  it.  There  are  some,  in  almost 
every  neighborhood,  who  will  attend  a  religious  service  in  a 
school-house  who  will  not  go  to  a  church  to  attend  such  ser- 
vice. 

About  the  first  of  March,  1869,  Dr.  Yan  Liew,  having 
suffered  for  several'  months  from  a  severe  cold  which  had  set- 
tled on  his  lungs,  announced  to  the  congregation  his  purpose 
to  withdraw  entirely  from  the  active  duties  of  the  ministry. 
The  congregation  was  startled ;  but  so  positive  was  Dr.  Yan 
Liew  in  the  announcement,  and  so  increasingly  feeble  did  he 
seem,  that  they  were  compelled  seriously  to  consider  the  matter. 

A  meeting  of  the  congregation  was  called  to  vote  as  to 
their  preference  for  a  pastor.  Out  of  a  class  of  eight, 
(who  were  soon  to  graduate  from  the  Theological  Semi- 
nary, all  of  whom  had  preached  at  Readington  during  Dr. 
Yan  Liew's  sickness,)  the  vote  was  unanimous  for  Mr.  Yan 
Slyke.  Dr.  Yan  Liew,  expressing  his  hearty  approval.  Con- 
sistory communicated  with  Mr.  Yan  Slyke  in  reference  to  a 
settlement  as  soon  as  he  shoidd  pass  liis  final  examination. 
Receivinii;  an  afiirmative  answer.  Dr.  Yan  Liew  made  prepara- 
tion for  removal  to  "  the  farm  "  which  had  been  the  homestead 
of  his  father,  and  had  descended,  l)y  inheritance,  to  him.  The 
Consistory  refused  to  accept  the  resignation  of  the  "  call  "  of 


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tlioir  pastor,  which  he  had  tendered  to  them,  and  resolved  to 
continue  his  sahiry,  during  his  life. 

The  shortest  of  all  the  pastorates  of  this  chui'ch  was 
that  of 

JOHN  GUERNSEY  VAN  SLYKE, 

1869-70.  Mr.  Yan  Sljke  was  "  called"  as  colleague  to  Dr:  Yan 
Liew.  He  came  to  Reading-ton  soon  after  licensure,  and  thougli 
very  popular  and  the  church  was  entirely  united  and  very  pros- 
perous, he  accepted  a  "  call "  to  Jamaica,  L.  I.,  before  he  had 
been  settled  here  two  years. 

Mr.  Yan  Slyke  married  October  14th  1869,  Mary  Amelia, 
only  daughter  of  Daniel  Amerman  dec'd,  and  Ellen  Mulford. 

Dr.  Yan  Liew  died  Oct.  18th,  A.  D.,  1869,  at  the  house  of 
his  son-in-law,  Jacob  F.  Handolph,  in  Bloomfield,  N.  J. 

The  funeral  took  place  Oct.  21st,  from  the  house  of 
Joseph  Thompson  where  the  body  had  been  brought  the  night 
before.  The  funeral  was  in  the  church  at  Heading- 
ton.  The  Keverend  Hemy  P.  Thompson  of  Peapack,  at 
Dr.  A'an  Liew's  expressed  desire,  preached  the  sermon.  Dr. 
Messier  made  aji  address  and  offered  prayer ;  Pev.  Horace 
Doolittle  of  Stanton,  offered  prayer,  and  Pev.  "Wm.  B.  Yoor- 
hees  of  Bbawenberg  read  tlic  Scripture. 

Pev.  Mr.  Yan  Slyke  was  absent  at  the  time,  but  preaclied 
a  memorial  sermon  after  his  return. 

At  the  funeral,  "  Joseph  Thompson  acted  as  foreman  ; 
John  C.  Lane,  Jacob  G.  Schonip,  John  S.  Berger,  Israel 
Schenck,  Peter  D.  Pockafellow,  and  Peter  Schamp  as  pall 
bearers.      Tlie   members   of   Consistory :  Asher    Dilts,  John 


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Lewis,  David  S.  Cole,  George  Davis,  and  Herman  Hageman, 
(Elders ;)  and  Isaac  B.  Huff,  Peter  I.  Voorhees,  John  Iv. 
Dally,  George  M.  Dally,  and  Horace  P.  Craig  (Deacons)  fol- 
lowed as  mourners.  After  the  services  in  the  church,  more 
than  a  thousand  persons  looked,  for  the  last  time,  upon  the 
face  of  their  deceased  pastor." 

Dr.  Yan  Liew  was  buried  in  the  Readington  cemetery,  a  lit- 
tle way  east  of  the  church.  There,  on  the  highest  point  of  ground, 
overlooking  the  "  city  of  the  dead  "  which  almost  encompasses 
the  church,  the  grave  had  been  prepared. 

Domine  Yan  Liew  had  been  settled  at  Meadville,  Pa., 
and  at  Mendham,  N.  J.,  but  his  great  life  work  was  done  here. 
For  forty-three  years,  w^ith  scarcely  any  respite,  joyfully  "  he 
spent  and  was  spent "  in  the  work  of  the  ministry. 

The  experience  of  his  earlier  years  was  his  preparation 
for  the  work.  He  came  to  this  church  in  the  vigor  of  a  well- 
developed  manhood.  Several  times  during  his  ministry  here, 
there  were  large  in-gatherings  into  the  church.  Statistics  show 
that  he  here  welcomed  to  the  communion  jive  liundred  and 
sixty  on  confession  of  their  faith  in  Christ.  He  baptized  eleven 
hundred  and  nineteen  infants,  and  eighty-five  adults. 

But  how  little  of  the  influence  of  such  a  ministry  can  be 
estimated  or  told  !  How  many  ignorant  ones  w^ere  instructed 
in  the  things  of  God  and  eternity  ?  How  many  careless  ones 
were  warned,  the  sorrowing  comforted,  the  tempted  strength- 
ened, the  wandering  reclaimed,  and  how  many  souls  saved  of 
which  the  records  of  this  church  make  no  mention ! 

In  a  little  more  than  three  years  and  a  half,  the  mortal 
remains  of  Mrs.  Yan  Liew  were  bm'ied  in  the  same  grave. 


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The  monument  Mliiih  murks  the  spot  is  tlic  loving  gift  of 
of  a  few  friends  who  (le.-^ired  thus  to  express  their  jiffeetionate 
reniemberance  of  Dr.  Yiin  Liew. 

During  the  vacancy  of  the  pulpit,  after  Domine  Van 
ISlyke  left,  at  a  meeting  of  the  congregation,  a  motion  was 
made  to  "call"  some  one  who  had  recently  jjreached  for  them. 
An  objection  was  made  that  ''enough  candidates  had  not  yet 
Iteen  heard !"  An  elder  of  the  church  sus-o-ested  that — "  to 
satisfy  all — we  hear  a  neuo  candidate  every  Sahhath^  for  a 
year  I "  It  had  the  desired  effect,  and  no  more  such  objections 
were  offered. 

In  1871,  the  present  pastor, 


REV.  JOHN  H.  SMOCK 

was  "  called."     His  preaching  is  eminently  practtical,  and  he 
has  a  very  warm  heart  toward  the  congregation. 

The  preaching  of  the  Avord,  dispensing  the  sacraments, 
the  performance  of  pastoral  work — doing  the  work  of  the  min- 
istry, which  God  has  appointed,  has  had  its  legitimate  result 
in  this  church.  God's  word  has  not  returned  to  Ilim  "  void." 
It  has  "  accomplished  that  whereto  it  was  sent,"  even  the  salva- 
tion of  men.  Additions  have  been  continually  made,  and,  at 
times,  there  have  l)een  special  outpourings  of  the  Spirit,  when 
multitudes  have  been  added  to  the  church  at  the  same  time. 
Mr.  Henry  Amerman,  when  he  was  about  eighty  years  old, 
said  to  the  writer  in  1869,  "  I  have  seen  the  time  in  Reading- 
ton  church  when  it  was  very  easy  to  go  to  church  on  a  week- 
day, leaving  hay  in  the  field  ready  to  '  come  in  ; '  and  I  have 


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lioped  I  might  see  the  same  again  before  I  die — and  it  looks 
verj  much  like  it  now  at  Branchville."*  In  tliis  connection  I 
quote  again  from  the  sermon  of  Dr.  A"an  Liew  preached  when 
the  present  church  edifice  was  dedicated.  In  sj^eaking  of  the 
sanctuaries  which  had  proceeded  this  he  said  : 

"  Tliey  were  places  in  connection  with  which  God  interven- 
ed in  the  transforming  influences  of  His  Spirit — places  where 
hundreds  were  constituted  heirs  of  salvation  and  trained  to 
holy  service,  fitting  them  to  take  part  with  the  redeemed  en- 
circling the  throne  in  swelling  the  everlasting  Alleuia." 

Dr.  Campbell  in  his  sermon  occasioned  by  the  deatli  of 
President  Frelinghuysen  in  l^Q>f,  says,  "  I  love  to  think  that 
grace,  when  once  it  enters  a  family,  never  dies  out.''  I  have 
thought  of  this  in  connection  with  several  family  names  I  liave 
seen  in  these  old  church  records. 

Joost  (George)  Schamp,  the  great-graKd-father  of  the 
present  elder,  Peter  Schamp,  was  received  into  the  clnirch  in 
1751.  Peter  Schamp,  the  grand-father  of  the  present  elder  of 
that  name,  was  received  in  1793.  His  son,  Peter  was  received 
during  that  part  of  Domine  Studdiford's  pastorate  when  no  re- 
cords were  kept.  The  present  elder,  Peter  Schamp,  was  re- 
ceived in  1845,  and  his  son  Peter,  in  1876,  making  ^/?rc,  in  as 
many  successive  generations  who  have  l)een  members  of  this 
church.  Johannis  Post  united  with  the  church  in  1728. 
His  son,  Abraham,  in  1782.  His  son,  Hem-y  A.,  was  re- 
ceived while  no  Consistorial  records  were  kept.  His  daughter 
Ann,  was  received  in  1829.     Her  son,  Aaron  J.  Thompson,  in 

*Wliere  he  attended  cliurcli  at  that  time,  and  where  one  of  his  sons,  over 
whom  he  had  long  yearned,  had  recently  professed  faith  in  Christ. 


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1858.  His  three  children,  1875-80.  Six  successive  geh- 
erations.  Joseph  Morehead  l)ecame  a  communicant  in  this 
church  in  178-1.  His  daughter,  Elizabetli,  was  received  wlien 
no  records  were  kept.  Her  son,  Joseph  Thompson,  in  1830; 
his  son,  Aaron  J.  above  mentioned,  in  1858,  and  his  three  chil- 
dren, 1875-80.  Five  successive  generations  are  seen  again. 
Sm*elj  an  illustration  of  the  truth,  that  the  promises  of  God 
are  to  His  people  and  tlieir  children.  "  To  thee  and  to  thy 
seed  after  thee ; ''  a  f ultillment  of  the  promise  that,  "  Instead 
of  thy  f cithers  shall  he  thy  children." 

This  church  has  also  frequently  supplied  the  ministry 
with  recruits.  We  give  the  followinij;  names  of  those  who 
have  entered  the  ministry  from  this  cliurch,  with  the  date  of 
their  licensure  : 


Matthe"W  Levdt,  1778. 

Isaac  Blauyelt,  1780. 

Jacob  Jexnings,  1789. 
Peter  0.  Stlddiford,   1821. 

Cor.  Wyckoff,  1838. 

Wm.  J.  Tiioirrso.N,  1841. 

Joiix  SiMONsox,  1845. 

Gn>BERT  Lane,  1854. 


Henry  P.  Thompson,  1857. 

Joiix  B.  TnoMPSON,  1858. 

Abraham  Thompson,  1861. 

Wm.  B.  Voorhees,  18G3. 

Andrew  Hageman,  1874. 

Horace  P.  Craig,  1875. 

John  L.  Stillwell,  1882. 

Herman  Hageman,  1883. 


Within  the  pi-esent  pastorate,  in  1874-,  another  chm'cli, 
the  Tln-ee-Bridgcs,  has  been  organized,  largely  with  mem- 
bers from  this  church.  The  mother  cliurch  remains  strong 
and  vigorous  with  a  membership  of  about  four  hundred,  with 
her  live  children  surroundin;^  lier,  each  with  its  minister  and 


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other  officers  carrying  on  the  work  of  the  church  according  to 
the  excellent  rules  of  our  Keformed  church. 

This  people,  has  not  been  "  given  to  change."  For  one 
hundred  and  fifty  years  after  its  organization,  this  church  never 
listened  to  more  than  one  "Farewell  Sermon."  That  was  by 
Dr.  Hardenberg,  in  1781.  The  next,  and  only  other  "  Fare- 
well Sermon"  that  it  has  ever  heard  was  that  of  Rev.  Mr. 
Yan  Slyke  in  1870 — nearly  ninety  years  after.  Tliis  certainly 
speaks  well  for  pastors  and  people. 

We  have  traced  the  history  of  this  venerable  church  from 
its  earliest  known  existence.  It  was  an  old  church  before  the 
oldest  now  living  was  born.  What  influences  have  gone  forth 
from  it !  The  stream  which  began  as  a  little  rivulet  at  the 
head  of  the  Raritan,  more  than  five  generations  ago,  has  be- 
come "  a  p-reat  water  to  swim  in."  The  one  church  has  be- 
come  six  of  the  same  faith  and  order,  and  there  are  three  other 
Christian  churches  in  the  same  territory.  These  are  all  cen- 
tres from  which  radiate  influences  to  make  glad  the  "  city  of 
God."  At  least  sixteen  have  gone  forth  from  this  church  to 
preach  the  everlasting  Gospel,  and  others  have  gone  from  the 
younger  chm*ches  formed  from  this.  Who  can  tell  what  in- 
fluences for  good  have  emanated  from  this  chm*ch  ? 


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LIST    OF    CONSISTORIES. 


The  first  EldtM-s  and 
Jiraiieh  whose  names  are 

Cornelius  Bogaert, 
Jan  Hendeuicksen, 


Cornelius  Booaert, 
Emanuel  Van  Etten. 


corneliits  bog.vert, 
Emanuel  Van  Etten, 
Abraham  De  La  IMeter. 


Deacons  over  the  church  of  North 
recorded  were  : 


1719. 


1731. 


1724. 


Deacons. 

Abraham  Ds  La  Meter, 
Andries  Tex  Eyic. 


An  DRIES  Ten  Eyk, 
Jan  Lou. 


Andries  Ten  Eyk, 
Volkert  Dircksen. 


Cornelius  Bogaert, 
Abraham  De  La  Meter, 
Andries  Ten  Eyk. 


1727. 


Volkert  Dircksen, 
PiETER  Van  Neste. 


Abraham  De  La  Meter, 
Andries  Ten  Eyk, 
Jan  IIexdericksen. 


1730. 


PiETER  Van  Xeste, 
Jan  Van  Aersdalen. 


1733     . 


Jan  Hendericksen, 
Thomas  Bouman, 
Simon  Van  Aersdalen. 


Thomas  Bouman, 
Simon  Van  Aersdalen, 
Andries  Ten  Eyk. 


Andries  Ten  Eyk, 

Dirk  De  Moth, 

Jan  Van  Aersdalen. 


1784. 


1736. 


Jan  Van  Aersdaleji, 
Pieter  Monfoort, 
Abaham  Loth. 


Pieter  Monfoort, 
Abraham  Loth. 
Pieter  Van  Neste. 


Abraham  Loth, 
Pieter  Van  Neste, 
Jan  Van  Neste. 


Elders. 

Jan  Van  Aersdalen, 
Simon  Van  Aersdaalen, 

PlETER  MONFOORT. 


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1737. 


Deacons. 

Jan  Van  Neste, 
Lambert  Dorland, 
Jan  Dumon. 


Pieter  Monfoort, 
Andries  Ten  Eyk, 
Jan  Van  ISTeste. 


1741. 


Jan  Dumon, 
Pieter  Van  Neste, 
Laurens  Haff. 


1743. 


Andries  Ten  Eyk, 
Jan  Van  Neste,  > 
Abraham  De  La  Meter. 


Pieter  Van  Neste, 
Laurens  Haff, 

NiCHOLAES  WyCKHOFF. 


Jan  Van  Neste, 
Abraham  De  La  Meter, 
Pieter  Woertman. 


Pieter  Woertman, 
Andries  Ten  Eyk, 
Pieter  Monfoort. 


1744. 


1748. 


Nicholaes  Wyckhoff, 
Jacob  Ten  Eyk, 
Marten  Ryerson. 


Johannes  Pittenger, 
David  Van  Duyn, 
Harmanus  Lane. 


Note. — "In  1751  the  three  Consistories  of  Raritau,  North  Branch,  and 
Millstone,  met  at  Raritan  and  in  obedience  to  the  direction  of  Coetus,  to  whom 
the  difficulty  had  been  submitted,  that  one  Elder  and  one  Deacon  should  be 
elected  from  the  malcontents,  constituted  the  Consistory  as  follows: — " 


1751. 


Jan  Van  Neste, 
Pieter  Monfoort, 
Daniel  Sebring. 


Marten  RyerseN; 
Jan  Dumont, 
Pieter  Schamp. 


Nicholaes  Wyckhoff, 
Fbans  Waldron, 
Pieter  Woertman, 


Andries  Ten  Eyck, 
Pieter  Monfoort 


1757. 


1758. 


DiEK  Sebring, 
Johannes  Pettinger» 
William  Cock. 


Harmanus  Lane. 


Elders. 
Jan  Van  Neste. 


Teums  Post, 
Johannes  PrrxENGER, 


97 


1759. 


1760. 


Deacons. 


rORNELITJS  BOUMAN. 


Petrus  Van  Nestb. 


Andkies  Ten  Etck. 


1761. 


David  Van  Dutn. 


PlETER  MOXFOORT, 
PlETER  WoERTMAN. 


1762. 


Nicolas  Egbort. 


Tednis  Post. 


1764. 


Harmanus  Lane. 
Michael  Demott. 


Andries  Ten  Etck, 
Johannes  Pittenger. 


1765. 


Cornelius  Bouman. 


PlETER  MONFOORT, 


1767. 


Nicolas  Egbort, 
Petrus  Dumon. 


PlETER  "WoERTMAN. 

Michael  De  Mott. 


1768. 


Cornelius  Bouman. 


Harmanus  Lane. 


1770. 


Hendrick  Traphaage, 
Abraham  Dumon. 


Aarie  Lane, 
Petkus  Dumont. 


1773. 


Pieter  Wtckhoft. 


Michael  De  Mott, 


1773. 


WiLLIA.M  WyCKHOFF, 

Edward  Bunn, 


Elders. 

98 

1775. 

Jacob  Bogart, 

Aarie  Lane. 

1777. 

Aarie  Lane, 
Harmanus  Lane. 

1779. 

Aarie  Lane, 
Peter  Dumon 

Deacons. 

Edward  Bunn, 
W11-.T-1AM  Wyckhoff. 


Servaas  Flerebomk, 
Nicolas  Egbort. 


William  Van  Fleet, 

PlETER  COVENHOVEN. 


Pieter  Covenhoven. 
William  Wyckhoff. 


Petrus  Ddmont, 
Wm.  Van  Fleet. 


Edward  Bunn, 
Abraham  Dumont. 


Harmanus  Lane, 
Jan  Simonson. 


Rynier  Smo  k, 
Abraham  Monfoort. 


Edward  Bunn, 
William  Van  Fleet. 


John  Simonson, 
Johannes  Decker. 


Servaas  Flerebome, 
Habman  Lane. 


1781. 


1782. 


1783. 


1784. 


1785. 


1786. 


1788. 


1790. 


Bynier  Smock, 
Jan  Simonson. 


Abraham  Monfoort, 
JoHANis  Decker. 


Jan  Wyckhoff, 
Servaas  Flerebome. 


Cor.  Johnse, 
Wm.  Hall. 


George  Covenhoven, 
Richard  Hall. 


Peter  Sutfin, 
EzEKiEL  Cole. 


Matthias  Smock, 
William  Hall. 


Richard  Hall, 
Andrew  Vescelius. 


Elders. 

EzKKiKL  Cole, 
Edward  Bunn. 


99 
1791. 


Dearons. 

Joseph  Moueiikad, 
William  Hall. 


1792. 
John  Simonson, 
Abraham  Voorhees,  N.  Branch. 


John  McKinnky, 
Peter  Quick. 


John  Wyckopf, 
Peter  Dumont. 


1793. 


John  Voorhees, 
Daniel  Amerman. 


EzEKiEL  Cole, 
Abraham  Voorhees. 


1794. 


John  McKinney, 
Peter  Quick. 


Cornelius  Johnson. 
Ezekiel  Cole. 


1795. 


William  Spader. 
Garret  Probasco. 


Abraham  Voorhees 
Peter  Quick. 


1796. 


Thomas  Hall, 
Isaac  Brokaw. 


Note. — There  are  no  further  names  of  members  of  Consistories  nntil  1837. 

1827. 


Lucas  Vossler, 
Martin  Wyckofp  Sr. 


RULIFF  SwaCKHAMMER, 

Cornelius  M.  Wyckoff, 
John  Kline. 


Tunis  Cole, 
John  Voorhees, 
Cornelius  Ten  Eyck. 


1828. 


Jacob  Vossler, 
George  Vi^erebome. 


Minna  NEVitrs, 
Henry  A.  Post. 


1829. 


Cor.  J.  Ten  Eyck, 
Ab.  p.  Stout, 
Bergun  Davis. 


100 


Elders 

for  one  ^ear. 

Cornelius  Ten  Eyck, 

John  Voorhees. 
/07'  two  years. 

Martin  Wyckopp  Jr. 

David  Nevius, 

Aaron  Lane. 


Deacons 


1830. 


for  tioo  years. 

Henry  Amerman, 
Israel  Schenck. 


Peter  P,  Schamp, 
Abram  Van  Fleet. 


1831. 


John  M.  Wykopp, 
John  Kline, 
Peter  Kinney. 


John  W.  Hall, 
Andrew  Hageman, 
George  Vlerebome. 


1833. 


John  D.  Post, 
Joseph  Thompson. 


John  Voorhees, 
Martin  Wyckopp 


1883. 


Jacob  Van  Doren, 
George  Davis, 
Henry  Shurts 


Israel  Schenck, 
Minna  Nevius, 
Jacob  Vossler. 


1834. 


John  S.  Hoagland, 
Peter  G.  Schamp, 


Bergun  Davis, 
Aaron  Lane. 


1835. 


Richard  Vroom, 
Peter  Powelson, 
John  C.  Lane. 


1836. 


Abraham  Van  Fleet, 
John  Kline, 
George  Vlerebome. 


John  P.  Voorhees, 
David  S.  Cole. 


837. 


ruliff  swackhammer, 
Joseph  Thompson. 


Cor.  J.  Ten  Eyck, 
Tunis  D.  Myers, 
Gilbert  Lane. 


Elders. 

ISUAKL  SrUEXCK, 

Pktku  p.  Sciiamp, 
IIknky  Amerman. 


101 
1838. 


Dcnrons. 

Jacob  Kkusiiow  Jn. 
Georgk  Dalley. 


Cou.  Ten  Eyck  Sk. 
Minna  Nevius. 


1839. 


Peter  Kinney, 

ASHER  DiLTS, 

John  Garretson. 


Andrew  IIageman, 
John  Vooiuiees, 
George  Vlerebome. 


1840. 


John  D.  Post, 
John  Lewis. 


John  S.  Hoagland, 
Gn,BERT  Lane. 


1841. 


Eli  AS  Van  Fleet, 
Peter  Q.  Brokaw, 
Richard  Vroom. 


Joseph  Tiio>rpsoN, 
Abraham  Van  P^eet, 
David  S.  Cole. 


Minna  Nevius, 
Aaron  Lane. 


Jacob  Vossler, 
George  Vlerebome, 
Richard  Vroom. 


John  Voorhees, 
(tilbert  Lane. 


Uavid  S.  Cole, 
Henry  Amerman, 
Peter  Kinney, 


1842. 


1843. 


1844. 


1845. 


1846. 


John  p.  Voorhees, 
Jacob  G.  Schomp. 


William  Van  Doren, 
Peter  G.  Schomp, 
Tunis  D.  Myers. 


George  Dalley, 
John  C.  Lane. 


John  S.  Berger, 

ASHER  DiLTS, 

SA>ruEL  R.  Naylor, 


Daniel  Dilts, 
Jacob  Kershow  Jr.  , 
Tunis  D.  Myers,  for  one  year 
in  place  of 


Elders. 

Jacob  G.  Schomp, 
John  P.  Voorhees. 


102 

1847. 


Deacons. 

Herman  Hageman, 
Gilbert  S.  Amerman, 

GrLBERT  SUTPHEN. 


John  Kline, 
Cor.  J.  Ten  Eyck, 
Abram  Van  Fleet. 


1848. 


Peter  Van  Fleet, 
Peter  D.  Rockafellow. 


1849. 


John  C.  Lane, 
Israel  Schenck, 


John  Dilts, 
John  Lewis, 
William  E.  Dallet, 


1850. 


George  Vlerebome, 
George  Davis, 
Peter  Q.  Brokaw. 


Cornelius  C.  Lane, 
Peter  D.  Schomp. 


Jacob  G.  Schomp, 
Gilbert  Lane. 


1851. 


Tunis  D.  Myers, 
Peter  Schamp  Jr. 
John  Ditmars. 


Richard  Vroom 
David  S.  Cole, 
Jacob  Kershow  Jr, 


1852. 


Daniel  Dilts, 
Andrew  Hageman  Jr. 


John  P.  Voorhees, 
Herman  Hageman. 


1853. 


Peter  I.  Voorhees, 
Andrew  P.  Kinney, 
Jacob  K.  Nepf. 


Joseph  Thompson, 
AsHER  Dilts, 
George  Vlerebome. 


1854. 


William  Dalley, 
Daniel  Amerman. 


Elders. 

Geougr  Dai.lkt, 
John  S.  Berger. 


103 
1855. 


Deacons. 

John  II.  Kinney, 
Isaac  V>.  Huff, 
Petek  La  Tourette. 


Gilbert  Lane, 
George  Davis, 


1857. 


William  Henry, 
Cornelius  Wyckoff, 
Cornelius  C.  Lane. 


1858. 


Abraham  A.  Amerman, 
Herman  Hageman, 
Peter  Van  Fleet. 


Daniel  Dilts, 
Nicholas  Dalley. 


John  P.  Voorhees, 
Jacob  G.  Schomp. 


1859. 


Peter  P.  Kinney, 
Daniel  Amerman, 
John  Dilts. 


Tlt^is  D.  Myers, 
Andrew  P.  Kinney, 
David  S.  Cole. 


1860. 


Jeremiah  Emans, 
Gilbert  L.  Kershow. 


Israel  Schenck, 
John  C.  Lane. 


1861. 


Stephen  Weaver, 
Abr.  p.  Stout, 
George  M.  Dalley. 


Jacob  Kjershow, 
William  E.  Dalley, 
Daniel  Dilts. 


1862. 


Aaron  J.  Thompson, 
Peter  D.  Schomp. 


1863. 


George  Davis, 

Herman  Hageman, 

Daniel  Amerman,  for  on©  year. 


Peter  Schamp, 
Peter  I.  Voorhees, 
Peter  La  Tourette. 


Elders. 

John  S.  Bekger, 
Peter  Van  Fleet, 

ASHER  DiLTS. 


104 
1864. 


Deacons, 

Abraham  D.  Cole, 
Gilbert  L.  Kershow. 


1865. 


Joseph  Thompson, 

^ETER  D    KOCKAFELLOW. 


Henry  S.  Kinney, 
Isaac  B.  Huff, 
Frederick  Reqer. 


Peter  G.  Schomp, 
Daniel  Dilts; 
Jacob  G.  Schomp 


1866. 


Wm.  Henry, 
Jeremiah  Emans. 


John  C.  Lane, 
Israel  Schenck. 


1867. 


John  B.  D.  Myers, 
Abraram  P.  Stout, 
Jacob  Swackhammer. 


AsHER  Dilts, 
David  S.  Cole, 
Herman  Hageman. 


1868. 


Peter  I.  Voorhees. 
J.  K.  Dalley. 


John  Lewis, 
George  Davis. 


1869. 


Isaac  B.  Huff, 
George  M.  Dalley, 
Horace  Craig. 


1870. 


Cornelius  C.  Lane, 
Jacob  G.  Schomp, 
Peter  D.  Schomp. 


Aaron  Hoffman, 
Jacob  Hyler. 


Wm.  E.  Dalley, 
Geo.  Dalley. 


1871. 


And.  La  Tourette, 
Peter  P.  Kinney, 
Henry  S.  Van  Fleet. 


Elders. 

Peter  D.  Rockafellow, 
JosErii  Thompson, 
Herman  Hageman. 


105 
1872. 


Deacons. 

David  Schomp, 
John  B.  D.  Myers. 


1873. 


John  C.  Lane, 
John  S.  Craig. 


John  T.  Cox, 
Peter  G.  Schomp, 
Henry  S.  Kinney. 


1874. 


Wm.  Henry, 

J.  S.  Swackhammer, 

P.  I.  Voorhees. 


Jacob  K.  Amerman, 
Samuel  D.  Hall. 


Isaac  B.  Huff, 
Aaron  Thompson, 


1875. 


Aaron  J.  Thompson, 
Cornelius  Wyckoff, 
jAjkiES  Lane. 


Hugh  Gaston, 
Thomas  Johnson, 
John  K.  Dalley. 


1876. 


Ira  Voorhees, 
Dennis  Hall. 


1877. 


Gilbert  L.  Kershow, 
John  C.  Lane. 


Nathaniel  Schomp, 
Talbot  C.  Gulick 
John  Sutphen. 


1878. 


Jacob  S.  SwACKHAiiMER, 
Peter  G.  Schomp, 
Jacob  G.  Schomp. 


John  Craig, 
Jacob  K.  Amerman 


1879. 


Peter  Schamp, 
John  S.  Craig. 


J.  "Wellington  Kline, 
J.  B.  D.  Myers, 
Jesse       Conoter. 


106 
Elders.  Deacons. 

1880. 
Wm.  Henry,  Aaron  Hoffman, 

Geo.  Davis,  Wm.  H.  Dolliver. 

Cornelius  Wyckoff. 

1881. 
Peter  Schamp,  Peter  Htler, 

John  K.  Dalley.  Henry  S.  Van  Fleet, 

Abraham  Cole. 


LIST  OF  MEMBERS 


Note — "  List  of  names  of  the  persons  who  were  received  as  members  of 
the  church  at  North  Branch  (now  lleadington)  on  Confession,  together  with 
those  who  came  from  elsewhere  with  Attestations." 


1721. 
On  Attestation. 
Marritje   Reyersen,     wife    of    John 
Reading. 

1726. 

On  Confession. 
Jan  van  Middelswaart 
Pieter  van  Neste 
Frans  Lucas 
Marten  Reyersen. 

1728. 
On  Confession. 
Johannes  Weitknegt 
Johannis  Post 
Annetje  van  Neste,  widow  of  G.  van 

den  Berg 
Annetje  Folkerse 
Elisabeth  Post. 

17J^1. 
On  Confession. 

Nov.  5th— 
.\braham  Lotli 
Rynier  van  Neste 
Leffert  Sebring 
Jannetje  Lucas 
Aaltje  Sebring 
Elsje  Aten 
Nov.  7  th— 
Isaac  van  Meteren. 


1733. 
On  Confession. 
Leibetje,  wife  of  Jan  Aten 
Neeltje,  wife  of  Jan  Loth 
Jannetje,  wife    of   Philip  van  Aers- 
daalen. 

On  Attestation. 
Dirk   de    Moth,    and    Christina    his 

wife 
Pieter  Monfoort   and  Margrietje    his 

wife 
Catharina  Richauw,  widow   of  Joris 

Hoogland 
Laurens  HafE  and  Marritje  his  wife. 

1735. 

On  Confession. 

Margaretha,    wife   of    Hendrik    van 

Dyk 
Frederik   van  Vliet   and  his  wife 
Maria  Biggs 

Joseph  Hegeman  Jr. ,  and  his  wife 
Neeltje  Waldron 
Willempje  Buys,  wife  of  Nic.  Schot^f- 

man 
Rem  Hegeman, 

1735. 
Note.— Received  by  Do.  Riegrer. 
Qysbert  Krom    and  his   wife,  Metje 


Jansei). 


107 


108 


Gerrit  Comelisse  and  his  wife,  Ma- 

rytje  Lambertae 
AnnetjeHegenian,  daughter  of  Joseph 

liegeman 
Jannetje  Reed. 

1736. 
Lambert  Borland 
Jan  van  Neste 
Jan  Dumont. 

1738. 

On  Attestation. 

Lydia  Douw,  wife  of  Andries  0ouw 

and  her  daughters 
Catherina  Douw 
Dorothea  Douw 
Lydia  Douw. 

1741. 

On  Confession. 
Marytje  Woertman. 

On  Attestation. 
Nicolaas  Amerman,  and 
Neeltje  Polhemeus,  his  wife,  on  con- 
fession, and  to  be  baptised 
Nicolaas  Wykhof 
Philip  van  Aearsdaalen 
Engeltje  Dorland 
Jannetje  Woertman 
Maria  Woertman. 

1743. 

On  Attestation. 
Jan  van  Kampen,  and 
Tietje  Dekker,  his  wife 
Kniertje  Monfoort. 

On  Confession. 
Jacob  Ten  Eyk 
Johannes  Pettinger 
Mechiel  de  Mott 
Johannes  de  !Mott 
Kniertje  Schamp 


Saarje  Monfoort 

Aafje  Coesaart,  on  confession,  and  to 

be  baptized 
Noach  Range. 

1747. 
On  Confession. 
Marytje  Wykhof 
Ida  van  Duyn 
Grietje  van  Neste 
Jenneke  Ten  Eyk 
David  van  Duyn 
Jam  Monfoort. 

1750. 
On  Attestation. 
Bernard-US  Verbryk,  and  his  wife 
Rem  van  der  Beek 
Dina  van  Berg,  now  Frelinghuysen 
Judick  Hoogland. 

On  Confession. 
Ferdinandus  Frelinghuysen,  student 
Pieter  Middagh 
Cornelius  Wykhof 
Abraham  Amerman 
Elizabeth  de  Mott,  wife  of  Johannes 

de  Mott 
Elizabeth  van  Neste. 

1751. 

On  Confession. 
Jacob  van  Neste 
Hermanns  Laan 
Jan  Don  we. 

On  Attestation. 

N.  N.  ,  wife  of  Jacobus  Win- 

terstien 
Jannetje  Schamp,  wife  of  Dirk  Marlet 

Note.— "According'  to  union  between 
us  and  the  so-called  Malcontents  effect- 
ed by  the  Reverend  Coetus,  there  are 
received  as  members  of  the  congreg'a- 
tion  the  following :  "  (Recorde  pre- 
vious to  1754.) 


109 


William  Rosa,  and  his  wife 

Elizabeth  Krom 

Ilcndrilc  Vrcnma 

Ceitje  Van  Neste,  wife  of  Nicolaas 

Emans 
Fraus  Waldron 
Joost  Schamp 
Jacobus  Swart 
Gerrit  van  Kampen. 

Note.— Received  by  Do.  Arondius. 
Jan  Vroom 
Saartje    Vroom,    wife    of     Jan    van 

Neste 
Jannetje    Dumont,    wife    of    Pieter 

Vroom 
• — Gcrrit  van  Vliet,  and  his  wife. 
Judick  van  Neste 
Cornelius  Wykhof,  and  his  wife 
P^lizabeth  Euderse 
Gysbert  Swart. 

1747. 
Pieter  Schamp  and  his  wife 
Margriet  Krom 
-  —  Maria    van    Vliet,     wife    of    Isaac 
Krom. 

1749. 
Note.— Received  by  Do.  Fryennioet. 

Abram  van  Hoom,  and  his  wife 

Antje  Kouwenhoven 

Cornelius  Jansen,  and  his  wife. 

Metje  de  Voor 

Cornelius     van    Sickelen,     and     his 

wife 
Maria  Lake 

David  Potman  and  his  wife 
Laurens  Lou,  and  his  wife 
Geertje  Kosa 
Cattalyna  van  Neste,  wife  of  Frans 

Waldron 
Isaac  Kror\ 


y 


1754. 
Received  on  Attestation. 

-Ian  Zutphen,  and  his  wife 

Albertina  Wagenaar,  wife  of  Matthy.s 
Kaelsche. 

On  Confession. 

Jacob  Van  der  Veer 

Jacob  Monfoort 

Nicolaas  WykhofE 

Cornelius  Bouman 

Abraham  Loth 

Dirk  Andriesse 

Jannetje  van  Dyk,  wife  of  Abraham 
Du  Bois 

Adriaantje  Jansen,  wife  of  Abraham 
Bodyn 

Catherina   Ten  Eyk  widow  of  Jacob 
van  Neste 

Eleanor  Stenchen,  daughter  of  Archi- 
bald Stenchen. 

ITGO. 
Petrus  Van  Neste 
INIattheus  Ten  Eyck 
IMaria  Van   Arsdalen,  wife  of  Dirck 
Sebering. 

1762. 
Nicolas  Egbert 

Jannetje  Corse,  wife  of  Edward  Ilar- 
rinton. 

1764. 
Derrick  Suti)hen 
Petrus  Nevius 
Catharine    Bunn,    wife    of    Edward 

Bunu, 
Nt-eltje  Monfoort,,   wife  of  .\l)iahani 

Monfoort 
Cathalyna  Sutphen,  wife   of    Pieter  »/ 

Sutphen. 

1766. 
Fransentje   Mangeless,   wife  of  Jan 

Van  Neste 
Ma  ■'■a  Bonsevel,  wife  of  Cor.  Bouw- 


\y 


110 


Eva  Lusk,  wife  of  Richard  Brittain 
Margarita    Van    Sickelen,    wife     of 

David  Cools 
Hendrick  Traplmgen 
Anna  Van  Deusen,  wife  of  Hendrick 

Trapliagen 
Catharine  Pieterse,  wife  of  Johannes 

Mattis. 

1767. 
Neeltje  Wyckoff,  wife  of  Jacob   De- 

mott 
Maria  Bodine,  daughter  of  Abraham 

Bodine. 

1770. 
Abraham  Dumon  Jr 
Jeneke  Ten  Eyck,  wife  of  Jan  Stol 
Elizabeth  Janson,  wife  of  Jacobus  V. 

D.  Bilt. 

1771. 
Tice  Smock 

Gertje  Post,  wife  of  Tice  Smock 
Johannes  Decker 
Metje  Rutman,  wife  of  John  Egbort. 

1774. 

On  Confession. 
William  Van  Vleet 
Albert  Cornell 

Antje  Stryker,  wife  of  Albert  Cornell 
Johanna   Stootlioff,  wife  of  Abraham 

Dumon  Jr 
Lea  Simonson,  wife  of  John  Snediker 
Mary  A   Dorlant,  wife  of  Cor.  Metz- 

laler. 

By  Certificate, 

Jacob  Bogert 

Catharina  Albertson,  wife  of   Peter 

Bogert 
Margaritta    Demott,    wife   of   Jacob 

Demott. 

1777. 

William  Hall. 


1778. 
On  Confession. 
Johannes  Simonson 
Sarah  Middagh,    wife  of  Dirck  Van 

Vegten 
Jean  Dunham,  wife  of  Isaac  Davis 
Sarah  Van  Tuyl,  wife  of  Robert  Bol- 

mer 
Jannetje   Ditmars,  wife  of  Hendrick 

Van  Arsdalen. 

By  Certificate. 
Matthew  Leydt,  S.  S.  Theol. 
John  Wallace 

Maria wife  of  John  Wallace 

Ariautje  Van  Arsdale  wife  of  Corne- 
lius Metzlaer. 

1779. 
Abraham  Monfoort 
Geertje  Nul  wife  of  Martin  Wyckoff. 

By  Certificate. 
Isaac  Blauvelt,  S.  S.  Theol. 

1780. 
On  Confession. 
John  Wyckoff, 
Margaretta  Willemse,   wife  of  John 

Wyckoff 
Sarah  De  Mott,  wife  of  John  Decker. 

1783. 

Received  by  Do.  Jacob  R.  Hardenberg- 
(after  he  resigned). 

On  Confession. 
Hendrik  Vroom 
Abraham  Post  and  his  wife 
Steyntje  de  Mott 
Rebekka  Emans,  wife  of  Peter  Wye- 

kofE 
Cornelius  Jansen. 

On  Attestation. 
Jan  Amerman,  on  presentment  of  at- 


Ill 


testation  was  admitted  totlieLonl's 
Supper 
Simeon  van  Ai-tsdalen,   Theol.  Stu- 
dent. 

1784. 
On  Att(  station. 
May.— 
Maria  Hoogland,  wife  of  Simeon  van 

Aartsdulen,  V.D.M 
Dr.    Jacob    Jennings   and    Ids     wife 
Maria  Canady. 

On  Coiifeniiion. 
Richard  Hall 
Thomas  Stout 
Joseph  Moorehead 
Elizabeth   Sleght,  wife   of    Jacobus 

van  Hooru 
Jacomyntje    ten    Eyk,   daughttn-    of 

Jacob  ten  Eyk 
Sarali  Bowman,  daughter  of  (^ornelius 

Bowman 
Maria  Egbert,  wife  of  Cornelius  Bow- 
man Jr 
Elisabeth  Wyckoff,  widow  of  Nicholas 

Wyckoff 
Margarietje  Hoffman,  wife  of  Peter 

Schamp 
Lydia  van  Sickle, wife  of  Arie  Lane 
Maaike  Groenendyk,  wife  of  (Jarret 
Probasco. 

On  Attestatioii. 
Nov.— 
John  Kline 

Leah     Gulick,     wife     of     Cornelius 
Jansen . 

On  Confesidon. 
Joris  Covenhoven 
Elisabeth   Dildine,  wife   of   Hannan 

Laan 
Willempje  Wyckoff,  wife  of  Abrani 

Voorhees 
Maria  Jansen,  wife  of  Johannes  Wye. 
koff. 


Maria  Hoffman,  wife  of  Abram  Laan. 
On  presentujent  of  attestation,  ad- 
mitted to  the  Lord's  Supper 

Elisal)eth  Van  Artsdalen 

llendrik  Traphagen  -and  his  wife 
having  heretofore  been  suspen- 
ded from  the  Lord's  Supper  on 
account  of  entertaining  the  errors 
of  the  so-called  Methodists,  are 
again  admitted  to  the  full  enjoy- 
ment of  the  privileges  of  the 
church,  upon  the  showing  of  peni- 
tence and  making  confession  of  sin. 

178o. 

April — Received  on  Aitcntation. 
Andrew  Tine. 

On  Confession. 
Ezekiel  Cole,  and  his  wife 
Lenah  Shipman 
Margaret  Wyckoff,  wife  of  Thomas 

van  Vliet 
John  Hall 
Peter  Zutphen 
Adriaan  Johnson 
Mary  Groenendyk 
Rebelika  Probasco 
Jude  Zutphen 
(i arret  Probasco 
Jacob  Demott 
John  Wyckoff 
Edward  Mhchell. 

Nov. — On  Attestation. 

Magdalen  Duryee,  wife  of  Rev.  Sim- 
eon van  Artsdalen. 

On  Confession. 

Abraham  Hendershot 
C;atal.vna  ^yyckoff,   }  ^  ^^,^^^ 

(jeertje  Johnson,      )  • 
Black  Toney,  belonging  to  the  Rev. 
Simeon  van  Artsdalen. 


/ 


112 


1788. 
Aug  15. — 
Maria  Pruce 
Jane   Ten   Eyck,    wife   of   Jeremian 

Field 
Elizabeth  Strikei',  wife  of  John  Sini- 

onson 
Cornelia   Hoogland,   wife   of    Elbert 

Dumont 
Fammetje  Decker 
Ariantje  Wyckoff,  wife  of  Wm.  van 

Vliet 
Anatje   Scamp,  wife  of  Andrew  van 

Sickle 
John  McKinney 
William  Van  Vliet 
Cornelius  "Williamson 
Isaac  Brokaw 
Elbert  Dumont 
Christopher  Probasco 
Cornelius  Lane 
David  Cole 
Abraham  Voorhees 
Adrian  Johnson 
Adam  Jobs. 

1789. 

June  5 — 
Daniel  Amemian 
Martin  Wyckoff  Jr 
Volkert  Voorhees 
Andrew  Vesselius 
Margaret   Hagerman,  wife   of  Jacob 

ten  Eyck 
Nelly   Voorhees,  daughter   of   Abra- 
ham Voorhees 
Aaltje  Hendrickson,  wife  of  Joseph 

Stevens 
Elizabeth    Wyckoff,    wife     of    Jno. 

McKinney 
Eebekah  Lane,  wife  of  Andrew  van 

Sickle 
Stintje   Monfort,    wife   of   Cornelius 

Lane 


Elizabeth  Smalley,  wife  of  Jno.  Du- 
mont 

Margaret   Goltrey,    wife   of   Volkert 
Voorhees 

Hannah  Richards,  wife  of  Jacob  Ray 

Mary  Veel,  daughter  of  Isaac  Vee3. 
By  Certificate. 

From   the   church  of  Amwell,  Eliza- 
beth Stout 

From  the  church  of   Raritan,  Abra- 
ham   Voorhees,    Neltje     Niefus, 
Elizabeth  Voorhees,    daughter   of 
Martha  Voorhees. 
Nov.  4, — 

From  Episcopalian  church,  New  York 

John  Stevens  and  Elizabeth  Alexan- 
der his  wife. 
On  Confession  of  their  Fnith. 

Catherine  Brewer 

Jane  Laquier,  widow  of  John  Kline 
Sara,  a  negro  servant   of   Peter   ten 
Eyck. 
Nov.  29— 
Joanna  Stout,  wife  of  Peter  ten  Eyck. 

1790. 
May  7— 
Michael  Kinney 

Mary  Van  Vliet,  wife  of  Michael  Kin- 
ney 
Jane  Cornel,  wife  of  Peter  Quick 
Lanah    van    Sickle,  wife  of  Andrew 

Vesselius 
Mary  Wyckoff,  wife  of  Isaac  Brokaw 
Hannah  Van  Horn,  wife  of  Abraham 

Demott 
Mary  Sleght,  wife  of  Isaac  Striker 
Agnes  Jennings,  wife   of    Hendrick 

Johnson 
Xance,  a  negro  servant  woman  of  Mar- 
tin Wyckoff,  to  be  baptized. 

Oct.  1— 
Edward  Wilmot 


113 


Peter  Tiotsort 

Margiin't  Stout,  wife  of  Peter 

Sarah  Wyckoff,  widow  of  Jacob  Kin 
ney 

Peter  Quick 

John  Voorhees 

Margaret,  negro  woman,  of  the  wid- 
ow Mauriceson. 

1791. 
May  6— 

Gertje  Pruce,  wife  of  Wm.  Minor 

Hannah  Peterson,  wife  of  Peter  Tiet- 
sort 

Catharine  Voorhees,  wife  of  Adrian 
Johnson 

Mary  Smock,  wife  of  John  Dltmars  Jr 

John  Ditmars,  Sr. 

By  Certificate. 

From  the  church  of  North  and  South 
Hampton,  Margaret  Dumont,  wife 
of  Peter  Dumont  Esq 

Sarah  Smock,  wife  of  Garret  Probas- 
co,  from  the  congregation  of  Free- 
hold. 

1792. 
April — 
Judah  Van  Vliet,  wife  of  Abraham 

Brokaw 
Jemima   Hall,    wife   of    Aaron    van 

Atten 
Jane  Kearheart 
Hannah   Preston,   wife   of  Ilendrick 

Low 
Elijah  Rosegrants 
William,  negro    servant   of    Joseph 

van  Doren 
Elizabeth,  servant  girl  of  Peter  Quick 

By  Certificate. 
From  the  church  of  Lamberton,  Dan- 
iel Skinner  and  Isabel  his  wife. 


Oct- 
William  Cox 
Elizabeth  Sutphin,  wife  of  William 

Emerod 
Sarah  Cannon,  wife  of  Isaiah  Cole 
Catharina  Mattis,   wife    of    Edwardi 
Mitchell. 

By  Certificate. 

William  Spader 

Nelly,  servant  girl  of  Joseph  van 
Doren 

Aaltje  Van  Der  Bilt,  wife  of  Peter 
HofE 

Chrystyntje  Terhune,  widow  of  Jo- 
hannes Terhuue. 

1793. 
May- 
Henry  Van  Dyke 

Catharine  Cole,  wife  of  Samuel  Man- 
ning 
Elizabeth  Pruce,  wife  of   Ciuysbert  v 

Sutphen 
Stintje   Demott,    wife    of    Cornelius 
Williams. 

Oct— 

Peter  Schamp 

Mary  Bodine,  wife  of  John  Low 

Catharine  Schenck,  wife  of  Christo- 
pher Proborsco, 

By  Certificate. 

From  the  church  of  New  Shanick 

George  Hall 

Thomas,  negro  servant  of  Daniel 
Amerman. 


1794. 


May- 


John  Low,  son  of  Lawrence  Low 

By  Certificate. 
From  the  church  of  N.  Shanick 
Roeloff  Nevius 


114 


Maria  van  Harlingen,  wife  of  Roe- 
lof?  Nevius 

Catliarine   Beekman,   wife   of   Abra- 
ham Quick. 
Oct— 

On  Confession, 

Jolin  Snedeker 

John  Bogerfc  Jr. 

Anne  Sclienck,  wife  of  John  Bogert 
Jr. 

Josejih,  a  negro  man  servant  of  John 
Wyckoff 

Susannah,  wife  of  the  aforesaid 
Josepli  and  woman  servant  of  the 
aforesaid  master. 

1795. 

June — 
Thomas  Hall 

Ontje  Hall,  wife  of  Thomas  Hall 
Elizabeth  Hall,  widow  of  Frederick 
Mannson. 

By  Certificate. 
From  the  Pres.  church,  of  Alexandria, 
Emmy   Chamberlain,  wife   of   Peter 
ten  Brook. 


Note.— No  record  is  made  from  this 
time  until  1836. 


1826. 
Sept- 
Four  or  five  names  not  recorded 

1827. 
June — 
Maria     B.    Tuttle,    wife    of     James 

Hixon 
Margaret  Hudnet,  wife  of  Abram  T. 

Stout 
Sarah     Thompson,    wife    of    Elijah 
Hudnet. 

By  Certificate 
Israel  Schenck. 


Oct- 
George  Vlerebome 
Margaret  Vlerebome,  wife  of  Abram 

Emmons 
Garret  Stout 
Margaret   Van   Vleet,   wife   of    Geo. 

Vlerebome 
Mary  Ann  Hageman 
Jane  Hall 
Jane  Wyckoff 
Leah  Van  Vleet. 

By  Certificate. 
Cornelius  Cozine 
Leonard  Bunn 
Ann  M.  Woodruff,  wife  of  John  Van 

Liew 
colored   woman,  wife   of   Sam 

Hall. 

1828. 
April — 
Cornelius  C.  WyckofI 
Judy  Thompson,  wife   of    Aaron    L. 
Saxton. 

By  Certificate. 
Sarah  Wyckoff,  wife  of  Cor.  Cozine. 

Oct— 
Catharine  Van  Vleet 
Mary  Van  Vleet. 

By  Certificate. 
Catharine  Daily,  wife  of  Garret  Mat- 
tis. 

1829. 
April — 
John  Lane 

Maiy  Lane,  wife  of  John  Quick       ^ 
Ann  Post 
Rachel  Newel 
Elsie  Clickener 

Ellen  Van  Vleet,  wife  of  Joseph  van 
Doren. 

By  Certificate. 
William  Corwine 


115 


Maria  Porter,  wife  of  Wm.  Vroom 
Catharine   van    Deveuter,  widow    of 

John  Dilly 
Oct— 
Peter  G.  Sclionip 
Catharine  Kline,  wife   of  Peter  G. 

Schomp 
Peter  Kinney 
Margaret    Iloppock,    wife    of   Peter 

Kinney 
Henry  Shurts 

Martha   Lane,    wife    of    Jacob    van 
,  Doren 
Mary  Van  Vleet. 

1830. 
May — 
Joseph  Thompson 
Sarah  Cole,  wife  of  Geo.  Davis 

By  Certificate. 
Julotta  Gray,  wife  of  Peter  Pouleson 
Elizabeth  Hall,  wife  of  John  Dally 

Oct— 
Isaac  Lowe 

Eliza  Daily,  wife  of  John  Mattis 
JIargaret  Newel. 

1831. 

May — 
John  D.  Post 

Marj'  Kinney,  wife  of  Henry  Shurts 
Margaret  Daily,  wife  of  Simon  Ber- 
gen 

Oct— 
Garret  van  Fleet 
Jacob  Kershow  Jr 
David  S.  Cole 
Christiana  Dilts 
Judy  Ann  Van  Doren 
Margetty  Van  Doren 
Sarah  Dalley,  wife  of  Richard  Prost 
Mary  Kearhart,  wife  of  Wm.  Biggs. 


1832. 
June — 
Peter  Ditmars 
Richard  Vroom 
Jane  llageman. 

By  Certificate. 
Margaret  Lane,  wife  of  Martin  Wyc- 

koff. 
Oct- 
James  Van  Horn 
Mary  Thompson,  wife  of  James  van 

Horn 
John  S.  Hoagland 
Mary  La  Tourette,  wife  of  John  S. 

Hoagland 
George  Davis 
Gilbert  Lane 

Maria  Kershow,  wife  of  Gilbert  Lane 
Ann  Vossler 
Eleanor  Van    Fleet,  wife  of  Richard 

Vroom 
Margaret  Brewer 
Catharine  Schenck 
Prudence  Longstreet,   wife   of   Geo. 

Walker 
Ellen  Gulick,  wife  of  Peter  Ditmars 
Ann  Lowe,  Avife  of  Aaron  van  Fleet 
Abraham  Anderson 
Maria  Kershow,  wife  of  John  Voor- 

hees. 

1833. 
Feb— 
William  Hyler 
Derrick  Hall 
John  Lewis 
Jacob  Dilley 
John  Dalley 
Andrew  V.  Lano 
Peter  S.  Powelson 
George  Dalley 
Peter  Q.  Brokaw 
Agnes  Johnson 
Helena  Cole 


116 


IV^ary  Shurts 

Margaret  Schenck 

Elizabeth  Sclienck 

Elizabetli  Thompson 

Rebecca  Johnson 

Maria  Dalley 

Martha  Hall 

Charity  Cole 

Catharine  Post 

Jane  Van   Cleef,    wife   of   John   D. 

Post 
Gitty  Jane.  Voorhees,  wife  of   John 

Lewis 
Catharine  Kershow,  wife  of  Peter  Q. 

Brokaw 
Sarah  Cole,  wife  of  Frederick  Lutes 
Pliebe  Kershow,   wife  of  Jacob  C. 

Low 
Eliza  Sullivan,  wife  of  Jacob  Dilley 
Catharine    Gulick,    wife    of     Israel 

Schenck 
Catharine    Cole,   wife    of   Jacob   Q. 

Carkhuff 
Margaret     Hyler     wife   of  William 

Yawger 
Susannah     Lane,    wife    of    Andrew 

Thompson 
Catharine   Emmons,  wife    of    Peter 

ten  Brook 
Cornelia   Stryker,  wife   of  Abraham 

Ditmars 
Jane    Vlerebome,  wife   of    Cortland 

Voorhees 
Sophia    Ditmars,   widow     of     Peter 

Vroom 
Jane  Davis,  wife  of  John  Dalley 
Margaret  Hope,  wife  of  Peter  van 

Sickle 
May — 
John  Morehead  Sr 
Jacob  C.  Lowe 
Frederick  Lutes 
John  P.  Voorhees 
Henry  Burnhart 


Gitty  Berger,  wife  of  Ezekial  T.  Cole 

Catharine  Ten  Eyck,  wife  of  Edward 
B.  Vroom 

Harriet  Van  Horn,  wife  of  Peter  B. 
Low 

Magdalen   Garretson,   wife   of   John 
P.  Voorhees 

Mary  Booram,  wife  of  Nathan  Dalley 

Margaret  Schamp 

Sarah  Johnson 

Sarah  Van  Deventer 

Jane  Dalley 

Gitty    Wyckoff,   widow    of     Jasper 
Berger 

Rachel  Smith,  widow  of  Jacob  Ker- 
show. 

By  Certificate. 

Samuel  Naylor 

Helena  Powelson,  wife  of  Jacob  van 
Horn. 


1834. 
Jan. — 

Margaret  Blackwell,    wife   of    Wm. 
Johnson 

Mary  Van   Syckle,  wife   of  Andrew 
V.  Lane 

Jane   McKinney,    wife   of  John    D. 
Guild 

Hannah  Marlatt,  wife  of  Wm.  Dally 

Mary  Ann   Carkhuff,    wife   of   Geo. 
Dalley 

Sarah  Van  Syckle,  wife  of  John  More- 
head  Sr. 

Helena  Cole,  wife  of  George  Marlatt. 

By  Certificate. 

Betsey  Suydam,  widow 

Jemima   Tenbroeck,   wife    of   David 

Nevius 
Minna  Nevius 
Johannah    Stothoff,   wife   of   Minna 

Nevius. 


117 


Juno — 
Henry  S.  Ijowe 
Plii'bo  llixou 
Amy  Hopptick 

Maria  Post,  widow  of  Thomas  Jobs 
Uertrude  Teu  Eyck,  wife  of  Thomas 

van  Horn, 

By  Certificate. 
Sarah  Yoorhees,  widow 
Sarah     Spader,    wife     of    Jeremiali 

Stryker. 

Oct— 
Hannah  Kelly,  wife  of  (ieo.  Hixou 
Ellen  Applegate,    wife   of  Abraham 

Tittsworth 
Catharine  Demott.  wife  of  Nicholas 

Dalley. 

By  Certificate. 
Phebe  Decker,  wife  of  Henry  Wyc- 

koff 
Elizabeth  WyckofE 
Phebe  WyckofE 
Mary  A.  Ray,  colored. 


By  Certificate. 
Tunis  I).  Myers. 


1836. 


Mav- 


Catharine   Dalley,  wife   of   Peter  A. 

Post 
Anna  Stryker,  wife  of  John  W.  Hall 
Elizabeth   Schamp,  wife   of   Sanauel 

Brown 
Mary  Ann  Schamp. 

By  Certificate. 
Rebecca  Hoagland,  wife  of  Abraham 
van  Fleet. 
Oct.— 
Sarah  Schenck,  wife  of  Jaquish  Yoor- 
hees. 

By  Certificate. 
Dennis  Hageraan 
Catharine  Voorhees,  wife   of  Dennis 

Hageman 
Maria  Dolliver,  wife   of   David   van 
Fleet. 


1835 
^  May- 
Margaret  Dalley,  wife  of  Josiah  Quin- 

by  M.D. 
Sarah  Case,  wife  of  Wm.  Bougner 
Charles,  colored  man  of  Tunis  Cole 
States,  colored  man  of  Cortland  Voor- 
hees. 

By  Certificate. 
Dean,  wife  of  States. 

Oct  — 
Mrs.   Catharine  Campbell,  widow  of 

John  Campbell 
Mary    Lane,    wife    of    Stephen  Ten 

Eyck 
Harriet    Rifford,    wife    of    Peter    I. 
Schamp. 


1837 
June — 
Jane  Ann  Kerslnow,  wife  of  Andrew 

van  Fleet 
Eliza  Vossler,  widow  of  Wm.  Mettler. 

By  Certificate. 
Christopher  C.  Hoagland  M.  D. 
Gertrude  M.   Labagh,  wife  of   C.   C. 

Hoagland  M.  D. 
John  Crarretsoa 
Eliza  Howell,  wife  of  John  Garretson. 

Oct — 
John  Johnson 

Ann  Naylor,  wife  of  Tunis  D.  Myers 
Mary  Ann  Van  Patton,  wife  of  Joseph 

Rockafellow 
Elijah  Van  Neste. 


118 


1838, 
June — 
David  Van  Fleet 
John  Simonson 
Stephen  Ten  Eyck 
Cyrenias  T.  Stryker 
Horatio  H.  Chittenden 
Elizabeth   Van   Fleet,  wife   of  John 

Case 
Ann  Maria  Ten  Eyck,  wife  of  Michael 

van  Derveer 
Elizabeth.   Buckley,  wife   of   Robert 

Lawsen 
Eliza  Pittenger,  wife   of  Horatio  H. 

Chittenden 
Aletta  Lane,  widow  of  Philip  Hiler 
Mary  Ann  Johnson. 

Oct.— 
Asher  Dilts 
Jacob  G.  Schomp 
Jeremiah  Stryker 
Sarah  Ann  Clickener 
Margaret    Robbius,    wife    of    Asher 

Dilts 
Eliza  Van  Fleet,  wife   of   Jacob   G. 

Schomp 
Mary  Berger,  wife  of   Gabriel  Cark- 
_hufE 
Catharine  Voorhees,  wife  of  Isaac  V 

Kelly 
Eleanor   Wyckoff,  widow   of  Henry 

Vroom 
Catharine  Tenbrook 
Catharine  Van  Zandt 
Ann  WyckofE,  widow  of  Jacob  Vroom. 

By  Certificate. 
Rachel  Lisk. 

1839. 
May — 
Abraham  Amerman  Jr. 
Isaac  V.  Kelly 
Jrvhn  Dilts 


Aaron  L.  Stout 

Catharine  Maria  Risler,  wife  of  John 

D.  Post 
Getty  Hageman,  wife  of  Cor.  C.  Lane 
Martha  B.  Hageman 
Sarah  M.  Kershow 
Mary  Jobs. 

By  Certificate. 
Winslow  Knapp. 

Oct.— 
Nicholas  Dalley 
Martha  Ann  Dalley,  wife  of  Charles 

Hall 
Eliza  Ann  Naylor,  wife  of  Abraham 

Amerman  Jr. 

By  Certificate. 

Elias  Van  Fleet 

Helena  Cos,  wife  of  Elias  Van  Fleet . 

1840. 
May — 
William  C.  Van  Doren 
Judy  Ann  Brokaw,  wife  of  Wm.  C. 

van  Doren 
Phebe  Van  Fleet,  wife  of  Thomas  C. 
van  Camp. 

By  Certificate. 
Margaret   Melick,  widow   of   Dennis 

WyckofE  Esq 
Elizabetli     Smith,    wife    of     Henry 

Swayze,  Jr. 

Oct— 
Isaac  Lowe  Jr 
Eliza  V.  Voorhees,  wife  of  Jeremiah 

Emans 
Martha   Ann    Schamp,  wife  of  Isaac 
Davis. 

By  Certificate. 

Herman  Hageman 

Sarah  Voorhees,  wife  of  Uriah  Hoag 
land 


119 


Sarah  ,  wife   of   ^Voidrew  Vun 

Fleet. 

1841. 
June — 
Hannah  Smith 
Eleanor  W'aklron,  Avidow  of  Obadiah 

Cole 
Jane  Lane,  wife  of  Cor.  Gambling. 

By  Certificate. 

Daniel  Lewis 

Jane  Stryker,  wife  of  Daniel  Lewis 

Winslow  Knapp 

Elisa ,  wife  of  Winslow  Knapp. 

Oct— 
Isaac  Davis 
Gilbert  Sutphen. 

1843. 
May— 

By  Certificate. 

Samuel  Naylor. 

Oct— 
Horatio  Bodine 
John  Smith 
Catharine    Mattis,   wife    of    Jasper 

Agans 
Agnes  Cutler,  wife  of  David  O.  Cole. 

By  Certificate. 
Peter  D.  Quick 

Eliza  Hoagland,  wife    of  Peter    D. . 
Quick. 

1843. 
June — 
Andrew  Kinney 
Margaret  Huffman,  wife  of  Andrew 

Kinney 
Mary  Van  Aulen,  wife  of  Wm.  Harle 
Eliza  Harle 
Asa  CarkhufE 
Andrew  P.  Kinnev 


PctiT  P.  Kinney 

John  P.  Kinney 

Daniel  Dilts 

Jacob  A\'.  Voorhees 

Gilbert  S.  Amerman 

Elizabeth  Brokaw,  wife  of  Gilbert 
S.  Amerman 

Olive  Ann  Ilixon,  wife  of  John  More- 
head  S". 

Maria  Ramsey,  wife  of  Peter  D. 
Kockafellow 

Charity  Cutler,  wife  of  David  D. 
Schamp 

Eleanor  Van  Syckle,  widow  of  James 
R.  van  Syckle 

Eliza  Hall 

Sarah  Davis,  wife  of  John  H.  Rock- 
afellow 

Catharine  Wyckoff,  wife  of  Geo.  A. 
Rockafellow 

Amy  Voorhees,  wife  of  Peter  van 
Fleet 

Sarah  Ann  Stewart,  wife  of  ■\Iahlon 
CarkhufE 

Sarah  Ann  Hunt,  wife  of  John  S. 
Berger 

Mary  Orr 

Mary  Elizabeth  Blackwell 

Ann  Van  Syckle 

Susan  Schamp 

Maria  Schamp 

John  Hoagland 

John  R.  Shurts 

Henry  D.  Johnson 

Peter  D.  Rockafellow 

John  D.  Hall 

Croesen  T.  Spader 

Sarah  Emans,  wife  of  John  Thomp- 
son 

Catharine  Reed,  wife  of  Andrew  Em- 
ans 

Charlotte  Wyckoff,  wife  of  Cor.  S. 
Amerman 

John  S.  Berger 


120 


Cornelius  C.  Lane 
Cornelius  S.  Amerman 
Gabriel  Carkhuff 
Jacob  Carkhuff. 

By  Certificate. 
Nicliolas  Dalley 

Catharine   Demott,  wife  of  Jsickolas 
Dalley. 

Nov. — 
Peter  Van  Fleet 

Mary  Lutes,  wife  of  Eulii?  Nevius 
Rebecca  Ten  Eyck 
Sarali  Ann  Rynearson. 

By  Certificate. 
Cornelius  Gambling, 

1844. 
June — 

Leak  Case 

Nancy  Oaks,  wife  of  Abraham  Ten 

Eyck 
Sarah  Maria  van  Fleet,  wife  of  Peter 

Schamp 
Catharine  Van  Zandt,  wife  of  Josiah 

Q.  Dalley. 

By  Certificate. 
Sarah    Lanning,   widow    of    Gilbert 
Lowe 
Nov. — 
Margaret  Swackhammer. 

By  Certificate. 
Mary  Ann   Hurd,  wife   of  Levi  M. 

Mettler 
Ann  Elizabeth  Jlettler. 

1845. 
May- 
Peter  Schamp 

Jane  G.  Ten  Brook,  wife  of  John  V. 
Schamp. 

By  Certificate. 
John  Van  Derveer,  colored. 


Oct— 
Peter  La  Tourette 
Harriet  Kinney 
Josiah  Quinby. 

1846. 
May — 
Mary  Smith,  widow  of  Aaron  Berger 
Elizabeth  Vlerebome,  wife  of  Ralph 

Young 
Mary  R.  Swacldiammer 
Lenah  Hall 
Lucinala  Van  Fleet 
Susan,  wife  of  Peter  Kline,  colored. 

By  Certificate. 
Wheelock  N.  Harvey. 

Oct.— 
John  P.  Johnson 
Catharine  Van  Fleet 
Sarah    Van  Arsdale,  wife    of    Peter 

Lowe 
Euphemia  Van  Fleet,  wife  of  John 
Lee. 

By  Certificate, 
William  Henry 

Esther  Ann   Lane,  wife   of  Herman 
Hagemaa. 

1847. 
June — 
Mary  Corwine 
Helen  Hall 

Catharine  Helena  Cole 
Ann  Maria  Dalley. 

By  Certificate. 
Ellen  Mulford,  wife  of  Daniel  Amer- 
man. 
Oct- 
George  Smith 

Jane  INIarlatt,  wife  of  John  Smith 
Hannah  Maria  La  Tourette,  wife  of 
Ezekiel  CarkhufE 


121 


Ellen  WyckofE  wife  of  Jacob  Swuck- 

hamiuer 
Elizabeth  Thompson 
Sarah  Jane  CarkhulT 
Martha  Schanip,  colored. 

By  Certificate. 
Catharine,  wife  of  Joseph  H.  Stryker. 

1848. 
May — 
John  V.  Berkaw 
William  E.  Dalley 
Jane  Smith,  wife  of  James  Strimple 
EUen  Jane  Van  Derveer. 

By  Certificate. 
Maryetta  Van   Fleet,  wife   of  John 

Vosseller 
Mrs.  Eliza  F.,  wife  of  Abraham  P. 

Tunison 

Oct— 
John  B.  Thompson. 

By  Certificate. 
Margaret  Stevens 
Pompey  Lane         colored 
Mrs.  Hannah  Lane.    " 

1849. 
May- 
Peter  D.  Schomp 
Mary  Ann  Kelley,  wife  of  Peter  D. 

Schomp 
Abraham  Paul  Stout 
Margaret  Kershow 
Peter  L.  Kline,  colored. 

Xov. — 
John  Vosseller 
Catharine  Lavinia  Ilixon 
Mary  Elizabeth  ( V/.inc,  wife  of  Henry 

La  Tourettc 
Peter  I.  Vorluies 
Ann  M.  Dilts,  wife  of  Peter  I.  Voor- 

hees 


John  P.  Van  Sickle 

Sarah  Jane  Davis 

Mary  Elizabeth  Elishaba  Schamp 

John  S.  Kline 

Philip  Alpaugh 

Kachael  Ann  WyckofE 

Phebe  .\jin  Cozine 

Elizabeth  Carkhuff. 

1850 
June — 
Daniel  Amerman 
Gilbert  Lane 
Peter  Lowe 
Sarah  Hall,  widow  of  Henry  N.  Hall. 

By  Certificate. 
John  Ditmars 

Magdalen,  wife  of  John  Ditmars 
Henry  C.  Baird. 

Oct— 
Deborah  Blackwell 
Phebe  Ann  Quinby 
Abraham  Thompson. 

1851. 
May- 
Gertrude  Brokaw,  wife  of  John  Voor- 

hees  Jr. 
Jacob  K.  NefE 
Ellen  Biggs,  wife  of  Jacob  K.  Neff. 

By  Certificate. 

Isaac  S.  Van  Zandt 

Rebecca,  wife  of  Ezekiel  Cole. 

Nov— 
Caroline    llf)ni,    widow    of     Gilbert 

Sutphen 
Uriah  lloagland. 

By  Certificate. 
Elizabeth  Hall 

Catlicrine  Van  llouten,  wife  of  John 
Y.  Dalley. 


122 


1852. 


Jolin  Hageman 
Pliebe  Kersliow 
Margaret  Kinney 
Elsie  Elizabeth  Hageman 
Salinda  Dalley. 

By  Certificate. 
anor   Cortleyou,  wife  of  Ab.    P. 
Stout 
Elizabetli  Yagely. 

Oct— 
Jacob  S.  Svvackliammer 
Philip  Carkhuff 
Margaret  Quinby 
Catharine  Amerman,  wife   of  Peter 

Kershow 
Christopher  Disbrow 
Elizabeth  Holander,  wife  of  C.   Dis- 
brow. 

By  Certificate. 
Jacob  H.  Johnson 

Lydia  M.  Wyckoff,  wife  of  Jacob  H. 
Johnson. 

1853. 
Feb— 

Angeline  Swackhammer. 

By  Certificate. 
Henry  F.  Salter  M.D. 

Caroline ,    wife   of   Henry   F. 

Salter  M.D. 
May — 
Amy  Kinney 
.Cornelius  A.  Wyckoff. 

By  Certificate. 
Nicholas  Manning 
Elizabeth,  wife  of  N.  Manning 
Elizabeth   Kline,  wife  of  Lewis  Ball. 

Sept- 
Mary  Wyckoff,  wife  of  Cor.  A.  Wyc- 
koff 


John  S.  Amerman. 

By  Certificate. 
Abraham  Amerman 
Maria  Mattis,  wife  of  Ab.  Amerman. 

1854. 
Feb— 
Mary  Ann  Sutphen 
Gilbert  L.  Kershow. 

By  Certificate. 

Elizabeth    Peterson,    wife    of    John 
Kinney. 
J  une — 

Cornelius  N.  Dumont 

Rachel  Brokaw,  wife  of  Cor.  N.  Du- 
mont 

Peter  S.  Wyckoff 

Eliza  Ann  Wyckoff,  wife  of  Nathan 
W.  Burd. 

By  Certificate. 
Sarah  Kershow,  wife  of  F.  S.  Mattis 
Henry  P.  Thompson 
Mrs.  Ellen  Mulford,  widow. 

Oct— 
Cornelius  I.  Lane 

Lydia  Smith,  wife  of  John  D.  Cole 
Elmira  Cole 
Isaac  B.  Huff 
Leah  Van  Camp,  wife  of  Isaac  B.  Huff, 

1855. 
Feb— 
Martha  Ann  Lane. 

By  CertiUcate. 
June — 
Henry  Cox 

Sophia  Ditmars,  wife  of  Henry  Cox 
Gertrude  Ann  Cox 
Elizabeth  Dean,  wife  of  A.  P.  Kinne;-, 

1856. 
Martha  Eliza  Thompson 


123 


Augustus  Thompson. 

By  Certificate. 
Matilila  AVyckofF. 

June — 
Magdalen   Thatcher,    wife    of   ^^'nl. 
Goodfellow. 

By  Certificate. 
Abby  Reading,  wife  of  David  C.  Hoff. 


1857. 


Jan. — 
Jacob  Geddle. 


By  Certificate. 
Mrs.  Gordinah  Eeading,  widow 
David  Rockafellow 
Lydia,  wife  of  David  Rockafellow. 

May — 
Henry  Post 
lleury  S.  Kinney. 

By  Cert ifiiC ate. 
Richard  M.  Johnson 
Catharine  Hixon,  wife  of  R.  M.  Joliii- 
son. 

Oct.— 
Susan   Louisa   Baird,  wife  of  Jasper 
Berger. 

By  Certificate. 
Jane   Maria   Kershow.  wife  of  Fred. 
S.  Nevius. 

1858. 
Feb.— 

Aaron  J.  Thompson. 

By  CertifiAMte 
Jasper  Berger. 

June — 
Daniel  Henry  Amerman 
Emma  Thompson. 


By  Certificate. 
Asa  C'arkhnff 
Susan  Schunii),  wife  of  Asa  Carkhuff. 

Oct— 
Joseph  H.  Stevenson 
Jane  T.  Post 
Mary  Ann  Carkhuff. 

1839. 
Feb— 
Abraham  P.  Stout 
Susanna  La  Tourette,  wife  of  Ab.  P. 

Stout 
Peter  Sutphen 
Cornelius  V.  C.  Dilts 
Jeremiah  Emmons 
Elisha  Dalley 
Elizabeth  Emmons. 

June — 
George  M.  Dalley 
Mary  Elizabeth  Schamp,  wife  of  Geo. 

M.  Dalley 
Margaret    Sc-lienck,    wife    of     John 

Runyon 
Margaret   Lucinda  Schamp,  wife   of 

Peter  Huff 
Helen  Yoorhees 
Amos  H.  Kinney 
Henrietta  Vroom 
Hannah  P.  Bruen 
Mary  Jane  Gambling 
Margaret  Cole,  wife   of    Jacob   W. 

Voorhees 
Susanna  Voorhees. 

Oct— 
Sarah  Maria  Dalley 
Cornelia  Ann  Stryker. 

By  Certificate. 
Stephen  Weavei' 

Catherine  Hall,  wife  of  Jacob  P.  Huff 
Mary  Ann    Schenck,  wife    of    John 
Runvoiu 


124 


1860. 
Feb— 
Peter  Davis 
George  Dalley 
Mary  Ellen  ISIiller 
William  Brownlee  Voorliees 
Pliebe  Brokaw,  wife  of  T.   V.    M. 

Cox 
Elijah  V.  N.  Ten  Eyck. 

By  Certificate. 
April — 
W.  T.  F.  Ayers 

Jane  Kershow,  wife  of  W.  T.    F. 
Ayers. 

June — 

Amanda  S.  Dalley 
Mrs.  Sarah  Miller,  widow 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  MelJck  " 
Eleanor   Schenck,  wife    of    Samuel 
Brown. 
Oct— 
Catharine  Schomp 
Mary  Hannah  Thompson 
Alfred  Wilson  Sutphen. 

By  Certificate. 

John  T.  Hill 
Mrs.  John  T.  Hill. 

1861. 
Feb— 
Joseph  Hageman  Stryker 
John  C.  Stryker. 

June — 
Frederick  Reger 

Mary  Amcnnan,  wife  of  Fred.  Reger 
Peter  Dalley 
Susan  Ann  Thompson,  wife  of  Peter 

Dalley 
Lucretia  Cox 
Sarah  Ann  Ten  Eyck 
Phebe  Ann  Blackwell,  wife  of  J.  W. 

Stout 
Richard  D.  Cole 


Cornelius  W.  Johnson. 

Oct— 
John  V.  Dilts 
JohnV.  Van  Fleet. 

By  Certificate. 
Row.    Maria    Van    Fleet,   widow  of 

Wm.  Van  Fleet 
Phebe  B.  Thompson,  wife  of  Baltus 

Melick. 

1863. 
By  Certificate. 
Feb— 
Mrs.  William  Morgan,  widow 
Mrs.  Susan  Cramer,  widow. 

June — 
Abraham  D.  Cole 
Elizabeth  Emmons. 

By  Certificate. 
John  S.  Amerman 
Matilda  Yauger,   wife   of    John    S. 

Amerman 
Anna  L.   Rarick,  wife   of   Aaron   J. 
Thompson. 
Oct- 
Mary  Green  Cook,  wife  of  Nicholas 
Hulsoser, 

By  Certificate. 
Juliet  Venneule,  wife  of  John  Cava- 
lier 
Margeret  Vermeule. 

1863. 
Sarah  Altta  Schamp,  wife  of  Jacob 
Hyler. 

By  Certificate. 
Peter  I.  Voorliees 

Ann  M.  Dilts,  wife  of  Peter  T.  Voor- 
hees. 

June — 
Sarah  Elizabeth  Sutphen 
Phebe  Ellen  Gamblinsr 


125 


.Tacol)  Ilylor 

James  Martin 

John  1).  Sniitli 

Martha  Coddington,  wife  of  John  D. 

Sniitli 
Margaret  ^n\\  Simpson,  colored. 

By  Ccrtifi<'nte. 
Henrietta  McBride,  ■wife  of  Jolin  J. 
Lane. 

Oct— 
Margaret  Ann  Gambling 
^lary  E.  Lane 
Sarah  Ann  Van   Deventer,  wife   of 

Samuel  Case 
Sarah  Jane  Crops,  wife  of  Chauncey 

T.  Rockafellow 
Chauncey  T.  Rockafellow 
Mary  Hoagland,  wife  of  John  ISIore- 

head 
^lary  Hageman 
Andrew  Ilageman. 

1864. 
Feb— 
Catharine  Hyler 
Mary  C.  Van  Fleet 
Sarah  Ann  Brokaw, 

By  Certificate. 
John  V.  Eynearson. 

June — 
John  11.  Thompson 
Margaret  Yawger 
Margaretta  Cole,  wife    of   Dan.    II.- 

Amerman 
Sarah  Jane  Emmons. 

1865. 
Feb— 
Mary  Ann  Hildebrant,  wife  of  Aaron 
Hoffman. 

By  Certificate. 
Ellen  Tan  Covert,  wife  of  John  W, 
Covert. 


June — 
Phebo  Lane 
Horace  P.  Craig 
Jane  V.  Carkhuff. 

By  Certificate. 
William  Henry. 

Sept- 
Sarah  Jane  Lane 
Anna  Kershow 
Mary  A.  Amermau 
Kate  Thompson 
Rosilla  Lane 
Ellen  Stryker 
Abraham  Amemian 

1866 
Feb— 
Edward  L.  Hill 
John  B.  D.  Myers 
Elizabeth  Ann  Myers 
Judy  Lane 
Elizabeth  Lane 
Harriet  Van  Syckle 
Elizabeth  Thompson 
Charity  S.  Thompson 
Elizabeth  Ann  Thompson 
Mary  Jane  Henry 
Sarah  jNIaria  Dalley,  wife  of  And.  La 

Tourctte 
Emma  Jackson,  wife   of   Horace  P. 

Craig. 

By  Certificate. 

Peter  Sutphen 

Martha  Ann   Meliclc,  wife   of  Peter 

Sutphern 
Mary  Eliza  Jeliffe,  wife  of  John  A. 

Demun. 

June — 
Jacob  K.  Mattis 
Jacob  K.  Amermau 
Aaron  Hoffman 
Andrew  La  Tourette 
Derrick  L.  Hageman 


126 


Peter  G.  Scliomp 

Minna  N.  Eockafellow 

James  Lane 

Sarah.  Magdalen  Cox 

Willempe  Schamp 

Leali  Schamp 

Sarah  Ann  La  Tourette 

Agnes  La  Tourette 

Margaret  La  Tourette 

Annie  Van  Fleet 

Ann  Elizabeth  Van  Doren 

Fanny  Elizabeth  Neff,  wife  of  John 

P.  HufE 
Eliza  Hall,  wife  of  Jacob  Mattison 
Elizabeth  Carkliuff 
Catharine  Van  Fleet 
Emma  Van  Fleet 
Maria  Lane 
Josephine  Dawes 
Gertrude  Lane 
Catharine  Emans 
Ellen  Ann  Emans 
Sarah  Ann  Smith 
Catharine  Elizabeth  Dalley 
Mary  Shafer. 

By  Certificate. 
Richai'd  Vroom 
Aaron  J.  Thompson 
Anna  L.  Rarick,  wife   of   Aaron   J. 

Thompson 
Enoch  Carkhuff 

Mary  Reed,  wife  of  Enock  Carkhuff 
John  K.  Dalley 
Rebecca   Stryker,  wife   of   John  K. 

Dalley 
William  V.  D.  Dalley. 

Oct— 
Margaret  Ellen  Amerman 
Margaret  Helena  Davis 
Sophia  Thompson 
John  L.  Dalley 

Hannah    G,    Thompson,    widow     of 
Jeremiah  Van  Fleet. 


By  Certificate. 
Mary  Louisa  Vosseller, 
Wilhelmina  Schomp 

1867. 
Feb— 
David  Schomp 

Louisa  Dalley,  wife  of  David  Schomp 
Cai'oline  Sutphen 
Sarah  Ann  Dalley 
Jacob  Mattison 
Catharine  M.  Brown 
Adaline  Hyler 

Jane    Elizabeth    Hoagland,  wife    of 
Dennis  Hall. 

1867. 
June — 
Peter  Hoffman 
Theodore  Schomp 
David  N.  Cole 
Sarah  Jane  Bedford,  wife  of  David 

N.  Cole 
Sarah  W.  Thatcher 
Cornelia  Jane  Swackhammer 
Hannah  Maria  Johnson 
Mary  Ellen  Kline,  wife  of  Tunis  C, 

Hall. 

By  Certificate. 
Garret  Hoagland 
Judith  Ann  Van  Doren. 

Oct- 
William  M.  Dalley    . 
Henry  Carkhuff 
Peter  D.  Myers 
Jacob  Hoagland 
John  Craig 
Sarah  Ann  Smith 
Phebe  Ann  Lane,  colored. 

By  Certificate. 
Mary  Cramer,  wife  of  Peter  K.  Kline 
Catharine  Ann  Neff. 


127 


1868. 
Feb— 
Synthia  C.  Dllts 
Catharine  M.  Drost,  wife  of  Win.  1> 

Myers 
Abhif  Rebecca  Thatcher 
Sarah  C  Schureman,  wife  of  P<)iui)i\v 

Laue. 

By  Certificate. 
Mrs.  Rosina  Stilwell,  widow,  of  Rev. 

A.  L.  Stilhwll 
Mrs.  Mary  C.  0.sniuu 
Abraham  Hill 
Sarah  Elizabeth  Hunter,  wife  of  — — 

June — 
Aletta  Ellen  Hope,  wife  of  John  M. 

Johnson 
Sarah  Jane  Hoagland 
Annie  Suydani. 

By  Certificate. 
Henry  ^'an  Fleet. 

Oct— 
Col.  John  Cox 
John  Berkaw 
Cornelius  Dalley 

Maggie  Suydam,  wife  of Fritts, 

M.D. 

By  Certificate. 
Elizabeth  Van  Xeste. 

1869. 
Feb— 
Josiah  Q.  Hoagland 
Emma  Stout 
Sarah  Aletta  Van  Doren 
Ann  Maria  Rockafellow. 

March — 
Maria  Hall 
Walter  H.  Opi)ie. 

June — 
Jerusha  Ewing,  wife  of  Maplon  <  'ark- 
huff 


Ellen  Maria  Quick,  wife  of  Ebenezer 

K.  Smock 
Aletta  Ann  Smock 
Oeorgiellen  Snioclc 
Catharine  Emma  L.i  Touretce 
Peter  Henry  La  Tourette 
Mary  Jane  Stout 
Lavinia  K.  Dilts 
Mary  Catharine  Cavalier 
George  Welch 
Lauah  K.  Thompson 
William  Henry  Vincent 
J.  Ewing  Carkhurf 
Charles  Capponilliez 
John  A.  Demun 
Mary  Louisa  Gambling 
Lizzie  0.smuu 
Catharine  Kline 
Ann  Elizabeth  Beers 
Elida  Thom]>son 
N.  B.  Klink  Hoffman 
Gertru;le  Jane  A'an  Doren 
Aletta  Hall 
George  Schomp 
Jacob  C.  Huff 
Sarah  Maria  Lane,  wife  of  David   D. 

Schamp 
Samuel  D.  Hall 
Sarah  Vosseller 

Margaret  Packer,  wife  of  John  (Jraig 
Elsie  Ann  Agans. 

By  Certificate. 
Peter  E.  Van  Arsdale 
Sarah  Elizabeth  Vroom,  wife  of  Peter 
E.  Van  Arsdale. 

Oct— 
Aletta  Ann    Bush,    wife    of    A.     J. 

Welch 
Martha  Lane 
Mary  Kline 
Carrie  Dilts 
Peter  Kinney  Dilts 
Sarah  A.  Dilts 


128 


Rebecca  Lane 

Mrs.  Mary  Ellen  La  Tourette. 

By  Certificate. 
Mrs.  Jane  Haver,  wife  of  Jacob  Hy- 
ler. 

1870. 
Feb— 
Albert je  Zingerland 
Lucy  Pit  tenger 
Mrs.  Eliza  Higgins 
Elizabeth    A.     Chittenden,    wife    of 

Richard  Cole 
Lydia  Ellen  Rockafellow 
Solomon  Rockafellow. 

By  Certificate. 
Mary  Amelia  Amerman,  wife  of  the 

Pastor 
Mrs.    Daniel    Amerman,    widow    of 

Daniel  Amennan. 

May — 
Thomas  J  ohnson 

Ann  Berger,  wife  of  Thomas  Johnson 
Ellen  A.  Lane 
Aletta  Dalley. 

By  Certificate. 
Mrs.  Rachel  Alpaugh,  wife  of  Peter 
WyckofE. 

Oct— 
Jacob  Kershow  Brokaw 
John  T.  Cox 
Rachel  Elizabeth  Busli,  wife  of  John 

T.  Cox 
David  Rockafellow. 

By  Certificate. 
M.  E.   Hyler,  wife  of  Jacob  K.  Bro 

kaw 
Hannah  Thompson,  wife  of  Samuel 

Connet 
Gertrude  Rockafellow. 


1871. 
Feb— 
Dennis  S.  Hall 
Sarah  Maria  Carkhuff,  wife  of  Dennis 

S.  Hall 
Lucinda  Alleger,  wife  of  V.  S.  Hoag- 
land. 


1871 
June — 

On  Confession. 
Catharine  Quimby 
Harriet  Ann  Cole. 

By  Certificate. 
James  V.  Stryker 
Elizabeth  Stryker,  wife  of  do. 
Walter  S.  Stryker 
Catharine  V  N.  Gaston,  wife  of  Rev. 

J.  H.  Smock 
Mary  Ann  Hardenberg 
William  H.  DoUiver. 

Sept— 

0)1  Confession. 
Isaac  Johnson 
Henry  W.  Kinney 
Lewis  Loeloff 
Margaret  Hyler,  wife  of  Henry  Van 

Doren 
Aaron  K.  Kline 
Harriet  Cole,  wife  of  do 
Amy  Hoagland,  wife  of  Henry  Agens. 
Matilda  Hyler 
Peter  S.  Hyler. 

By  Certificate. 
James  V.  N.  Cornell. 

Sept  30— 
Keturah  Hunt,  wife  of  Andrew  Suy- 

dam 
Jane  Aeens. 


129 


1872. 
Feb2— 

On  Confession. 

John  ■VA'ymau 

CatLarine  Maftis,  -wift*  of  do. 

Gertrude  J.  Lane,  Avife  of  Henry  Van 

Fleet 
Sarah  Staats 
ilary  Pittenger 
Augustus  Cramer 
Bishop  Smith 
Daniel  L.  Layton 
Henry  T.  Shurts 
Garetta  Cox 
Aaron  T.  Agens. 

By  Certificate. 
Sarah  E.  Cole,  wife  of  H.  T.  Sliurts 
John  K.  Foster 
Mary  Ann  Foster 
Hetty  Cramer,  wife  of  Peter  T.  Lane. 

June  1 — 

On  Confession. 
John  Sutphen 

Catharine  A.  Schomp,  wife  of  do. 
Catharine  Hall,  wife  of  David  Lane 
John  S.  Craig. 

By  Certificate. 
Ellen   Ten  Eyck,  wife  of  Theodore 

Polhemus 
Hugh  Gaston 

Jane  V.  Garretson,  wife  of  do. 
Jane  Gaston 
Margaret  Jane  Lane 

Oct  5— 

On  Confession, 
John  J.  Smith 

Ellen  Jane  Kowe,  wife  of  do. 
Henrietta  Thompson,  wife  of  Robt. 
Kitchen. 


1873. 
May  31— 
Jacob  E   Hall 
Oscar  Voorhees 
Martha  Smith 
Christopher  S.  West 
Elizabeth  Schomp,  wife  of  do. 

By  Certificate. 
Catharine  Ryncarson 
Jane  Vanderveer,  wife  of  Jesse  Con- 
over 
Margitta  Van  Doren. 

Oct  -i— 

On  Confession. 

Sarah  Dilley 

Ellen  Haas,  wife  of  E.  Bush 

Meta  Francis  Cox. 

1874. 
Jan  31— 
Genio  Scott  Baker 
Henry  Daniels 
Clara  Voorhees. 

June  6 — 
Aaron  Thompson 
William  Wesley  Dalley 
Mary  Ann  Mattison 
Mary  R.  Egbert,  wife   f)f  J.  V.   X. 

Cornell 
Jesse  Conover 
Samuel  Connet 
Anna  Mary  Kinney 
Ira  Voorhees 

Margaret  Ga.ston,  wife  of  do. 
Cornelia  Gaston. 

By  Certificate. 
Henry  Van  Fleet 
T.  Chambers  Gulick 
Mary  S.  Dilts,  wife  of  do. 

Oct  3— 

On  Confession. 
Nathaniel  Schomp 


130 


Martha  J.  Cox,  wife  of  do. 
Herman  Hageman  Jr. 

By  Certificate. 
Elizabetli  Smith 
Anna  M.  WyckofT. 


1875. 
Feb5— 
Elias  Van  Fleet 
Helena  Cox,  wife  of  do. 
Il^ry  Van  Fleet 
Maria  Tunison,  wife  of  do. 
Voorhees  F.  Van  Fleet 
Catharine  Wortman  Kennedy,  wife  of 
T.  V.  M.  Cox. 

On  Confession. 
Joseph  Carkhuff 
Henry  Dalley 
Josiah  W.  Dalley 
Mary  E.  Anderson,  wife  of  do. 
Harriet  H.  Dilts 

Elida  F.  Lare,  wife  of  Harry  Agens 
Amanda  Cole,  wife  of  John  R.  Foster 
Luther  C.  Smock 
Susannah  Durling,  wife  of  do. 
George  W.  Kline 
Anna  E.  Schomp 
Mary  Ann  Van  Fleet 
Lucy  J.  Van  Fleet 
Wilhelmina  Van  Fleet. 

By  Certificate. 
Truth  A.  Voorhees 
Lydia  Fisher,  wife  of  Joseph  Cark- 
huff. 

June  6 — 

On  Confession. 
Anna  G.  Reger 
Emma  Schomp 
Anna  De  F.  Thompson 
Sophie  Morehead 


Maria  J.  Brokaw,   wife  of  Paul    K. 

Dilts 
Martha  M.  Dilts 

Mary  L.  Vroom,  wife  of  John  Craig 
Cornelia  Schomp. 

By  Certificate. 
Mary  E.  Lane,  widow  of  Levi  Flem- 
ing. 

Oct2— 
Aletta   Biggs,    wife    of    Andrew   A. 
Lane. 

On  Confession. 

David  B.  Dilts. 

1876. 
Feb5— 
Catharine  Van  Camp 
John  Letson  Stillwell 
Anna  T.  Lane 
Susan  Esther  Van  Doren. 

By  Certificate. 
J.  Wellington  Kline. 

On  Confession. 
June  3 — 
Margaret  E.  Biggs 
Anna  J.  Kershow 
Jacob  Kershow 
Jacob  K.  Brokaw 
Anna  M.  Van  Fleet 
Juo.  K.  Thompson 
Andrew  A.  Lane 
Henry  Bacorn 
Peter  P.  Schomp 
Goorge  E.  Assgar 
William  H.  Morehead 
Daniel  E.  Thompson 
Mavy  C.  CarkhufE,  wife  of  do. 
Anna  S.  Marshall 
Susan  M.  Van  Doren 
Hannah  E.  Van  Doren 
Margaret  A.  Van  Doren 


131 


Judson  Voorhees 

Mary  J.  McCrea,  wife  of  Peter  Henry 

La  Toil  ret  te 
Lydia  C.  Polhemus,  wife  of  J.  T.  B. 

Schomp 
Marietta  Gaston. 

By  Certificaie. 
Kliza    A.  Hyler,   widow    of    Daniel 

Amerman 
Margaretta  Brown,  wife   of   George 

Carkhuff. 

On  Confession. 
Sei)t  30— 
Eliza  Ann  Wyckoff 
Emily  A.  Schomp. 

1877. 
Feb.  3— 
Margai'et  Q.  Dalley,  wife  of  "Wm.  E. 

Thompson 
Catharine  A.  Runyon 
Laura  M.  Dalley 
Lisccm  T.  Schenck 
James  X.  Shurts 
Geo.  W.  AUeger 
Anna  E.  Rockafellow 
Joanna  JL  Vroom. 

By  Certificate. 
Catharine  Gaston,  widow  of  Andrew 

Quick. 

On  Confession. 

June  2 
Margaret  E.  Swackhammer 
William  T.  Ilageman 
Jane   E.    Titus,    wife   of    John    Van 

Middlesworth 
Mary  H.  Amerman 
Man*'  E.  Thompson 
Helen  M.  Hall 
liandolph  Titus 
Kate  Luella  Mattison 


George  A.  Schomp 

Susan  II.  Hunt,  wife  of  James  Lane 

Lucy   Ann    Eversole,  wife   of  E.   A. 

Connet 
Margaret  E.  Schomp 
William  McCrea. 

By  Certificate. 

Georgia  Van  Ness,  wife  of  James 
Hoagland 

Anna  L.  Lare,  wife  of  Winfiold  Kin- 
ney 

Amanda  J.  Smith,  wife  of  Pilisha 
Snover 

Daniel  L.  Laji;on 

Margaret  Vanderveer,  wife  of  do. 

On  Confession. 

Oct6— 
Margaret  Johnson,    wife    of    Henry 
Bacorn. 

By  Certificate. 
Anna  E.   Myers,  wife  of  Randolph 
Titus. 

1878. 
On  Confession. 
Feb.  2— 
Judith  Ann  Lindsley,  widow  of  Alex- 
ander Thompson 
Sarah  Cozine 
Lemuel  Fritts 
George  Bacorn 

June  1 — 
Geoege  W.  Cole 
Kate  Luella  Cole 
Abraham  O.  Cole 
William  Van  Fleet 
Jno.  Wyckol?  Demun. 

By  Certificate. 
Sarah  Ann  Davis,  wife  of  Alnani  O. 

Cole 
Cornelius  V.  Nevius 


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Catharine  J.  Dilts,  wife  of  G.  Dalley 
Leonard  B.  Hoffman. 
Almira  R.  Sebring,  wife  of  do. 
Anna  E.  Hoffman. 

Oct  5— 
Jacob  U.  Swackhammer 
Nancy  Apgar,  wife  of  do. 
Margaret  Yawger,  wife  of  Wyckoff 
Cole. 

By  Certificate. 

Jennetta    Dalley,    wife    of    Solomon 
Rockafellow. 

On  Confession. 
Eliza  Carkhuff,  wife  of  David  Davis 
Emma  Brokaw 
Ella  E.  Kline 
Anna  R.  Cole 
Cornelius  Henry 
James  Henry. 

1879. 
Feb.  1— 

Matilda  Sheets. 

By  Certificate. 
Emma  J.  Fritts 
William  Johnson 
Martha  M.  Stillwell,  wife  of  do. 

May  31— 
Jno.  L.  Dalley 
Mary  E.  Miller,  wife  of  do. 
Hester  P.  Saums,  wife  of  Andrew  A. 
Lane. 

On  Confession. 
Oct.  5— 
Joseph  Reed 
Jno.  N.  Haver. 

1880. 
By  Certificate. 
Jan.  31 — 
Abbie  H.  Thomas,  wife  of  Aaron  J. 
Thompson. 


0)1  Confession, 
June  5 — 
Emalida  Hoffman 
Josephine  A.  Thompson 
Elizabeth  Sutphen 
John  H.  Ammermau 
Augustus  Hobart  Smock 
Sarah   L.    Counet,  wife   of   Peter  S. 

Hyler 
Elias  W.  Thompson. 

Py  Certificate. 
David  Rockafellow 
Anna  R.  Cook,  wife  of  do. 
Hendrietta  McBride,  widow  of  John 
J.  Lane. 

Oct.  2— 
Elizabeth       Ballentine,     widow      of 
Abram  P.  Stout. 

1881.     ^ 
June  4 — 
Aaron  T.  Hageman 
Andrew  H.  Kershow 
Jno.  V.  F.  Vroom. 

By  Certificate. 

Peter  La  Tourette 

Agnes  Johnson,  wife  of  do. 

Margaret   S.  Hudnet,  wife   of   Wm. 

D.  Quinby 
Jonathan  Bray. 

On  Confession 
Oct.  1— 
Jno.  Schomp. 

By  Certificate. 
Lizzie  Smith,  wife  of  Jno,  Schomp 
George  Fleming 
Esther  A.  Green,  wife  of  do. 
James  Lane 

Susan  Hunt,  wife  of  do. 
Anna    M.     Rockafellow,     widow    of 
Aaron  Farle.v. 


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THE    FRELINGHUYSEN    GENEALOGY. 

I.  Tbcodorus  Jacobus  Frelini^lmjsen,  b.  1091  at  Lingden 
in  East  Friesland,  now  tbe  Nortb  AVesterii  part  of  Hanover, 
ni.  Eva,  daugbter  of  Albert  Terbune  of  Fbitbnsb,  L.  I. 

Cbildron,  1.  Tbeodorus;  '2.  Jobn;  3.  Jacobus;  4.  Ferdin- 
andus;  5.  Ilenricus;  6.  Margaret;  7.  Anna,  He  died  at 
Tbree-niile  Run,  N.  J.,  1748. 

I.  Tbcodorus,  b.  1724,  d.  ahoui  1761.  He  is  supposed 
to  bave  been  lost  at  sea. 

II.  Jobn,  b.  1727.  Licensed  and  ordained  l)y  Classis  of 
Amsterdam,  1749 ;  m.  Dinah  Van  Berg.  [Slie  was  afterward 
tbe  noted  Jufvrouw  Hardenberg.] 

Cbildren,  1.  Frederick;  2.  Eva;  d.  suddenly  at  Flatlnisb, 
L.  1.,  Sept^tb.,  1754. 

III.  thicobus,  d.  1753  at  sea  wben  returning  from  Holland. 

IV.  Ferdinandus,  d.  1753  at  sea  wben  returning  from 
Holland. 

V.  Hein-icus,  settled  at  "Wawarsing,  Rochester  and  Mar- 
bletown,  1754-7. 

VL  Margaret,  b.  Nov.l2tli.,  1737;  m.  June  29tb.,  1756, 
Rev.  Tbos,  F.  Romeyn ;  d.  at  Jamaica,  L.  I.,  Dec.  23rd.,  1757. 

Children,  Theodore  Frelingbuysen,  b.  Nov.  28tb.,  1757. 

VII.  Anna,  b.  1738 ;  m.  Rev.  Wm.  Jackson;  d.May  3rd., 
1810.* 

I.  Maj.  Gen.  Frederick,  b.  April  13tb.,  1753  ;  m.  Gertrude 
Schenc-k. 

Children,  1.  John;  2.  Maria;  3.  Theodore;  4.  Frederick; 
5.  Catliarine.  [He  married  a  second  time,  Ann  Yard.]  6. 
Sarah  ;  7.  Elizabeth  Yard. 

In  1775  he  was  a  member  of  tbe  Provincial  Congress  of 

*Tlie  five  sons  of  Rev.  Theodorus  Jacobus  Freliugliuysen  were  all  minis- 
tei"S,  and  his  two  dauglitere  married  ministers. 


134: 

Kew  Jersey ;  in  1776  a  member  of  the  Convention  of  New 
Jersey;  in  1778  a  member  of  the  Continental  Congress,  and 
again  in  1782-3.  U.  S.  Senate  1793-6.  A  captain  and 
a  colonel,  he  was  at  the  battles  of  Trenton  and  Monmouth 
Com't  House  during  the  Eevolutionary  war.  He  was  ap- 
pointed a  Major  General  by  Washington  at  the  time  of  the 
Whiskey  Insurrection  in  Pennsylvania,  1791-4  ;  d.  1804. 

II.  Eva,  m.  Caspar  Van  Nostrand  of  Ulster  Co.,  N.  Y. ; 
d.  1804. 

I.  John,  b.  March  21st.,  1776;  m.  1797,  Louisa  Mercer. 

Children,  1.  Gertrude ;  2.  Mary  Ann.  [He  married  a 
second  time,  1811,  Elizabeth  Mercereau  Van  Vechten.]  3. 
Louisa;  4.  Elizabeth  La  Grange;  5.  Theodore;  6.  Frederick 
J.;  7.  Catharine;  8.  Sallie ;  9.  Sophia;  d.  1833. 

IL  Maria,  b.  March  12th.,  1778  ;  m.  April  30th.,  1798, 
Kev.  John  Cornell ;    d.  April  13th.,  1832. 

Children,  1.  Margaretta  Schenck,  b.  June  21,  1799 ;  2. 
Getty  Ann  Frelinghuysen,  b.  Feb.  1,  1801 ;  3.  Anna  Maria, 
b.  Jan.  16,  1803  ;  4.  Frederick  Frelinghuysen,  b.  Nov.  16, 
1804;  5.  Louisa  Mercer,  b.  Aug.  2'6,  1806  ;  6.  John  Freling- 
huysen, b.  July  19,  1808;  7.  Catharine  Louisa,  b.  Oct.  18, 
1810  ;  8.  John  Frelinghuysen,  b.  Nov.  3.  1812  ;  9.  Theodore 
Frelinghuysen,  b.  Aug.  6,  1814 ;  10.  Sarah  Elizabeth,  b.  July 
29,  1816  ;  11.  Jas.  Alex.  Hervey,  b.  Aug.  29,  1818  ;  12.  John 
Frelinghuysen,  b.  April  14,  1820 ;  13.  Charlotte  Mercer,  b. 
April  3,  1822. 

IIL  Theodore,  b.  at  Millstone,  N.  J.,  March  28,  1787  ; 
m.  1809,  Charlotte  Mercer ;  and  a  second  time,  in  1857,  Harriet 
Fompelly. 

Att'y.  Gen.  of  N.  J.,  1817-29;  U.  S.  S.,  1829-35 ;  Chan- 
cellor of  N.  Y.  University,  1839-50;  President  of  Rutgers 
College,  1850-61.  He  died  April  12th,  1862.  "  New  Jersey's 
favorite  son,"  he  adorned  every  station  in  which  he  was  placed. 


135 

TV.  Frederick,  b.  1788 ;  m.  Aug.  4,  1812,  June  Dnmont. 

Children,  I.Susan;  2.  Gertrude;  3.  Dumont ;  4.  Fred- 
erick; 5.  Maria  Louisa;  6.  John  Theodore. 

Y.  Catharine,  m.  Hev.  Gideon  N.  Judd. 

Children,  1.  Mary  Elizabeth ;  2.  Frederick ;  3.  Catha- 
rine; 4.  John;  5.  Charlotte. 

YI.  Sarah,  died  at  Millstone  when  al)out  eighteen  years 
of  age. 

YII.  Elizabeth  Yard,  m.  Dr.  James  B.  Elmendorf. 

Children,  1.  James  Y. ;  2.  Sarah  Frelinghuysen  ;  3.  John 
Sobieski;  4.  Frederick  Frelinghuysen;  5.  Annie  Yard;  6. 
Elizalieth  Frelinghuysen ;  7.  WilKam  Crooke  ;  8.  Theodore 
Frelinghuysen ;  9.  Mary  Crooke. 

I.  Gertrude,  m.  David  Magee. 

IL  Mary  Ann,  b.  Aug.  12th,  1799;  m.  July  2C),  1820, 
Dr.  Henry  Yan  Derveer. 

Children,  1.  Maria  Louisa,  b.  Dec.  27,  1821 ;  2.  Law- 
rence, b.  Sep.  30, 1833;  3.  John  Frelinghuysen,  b.  July  8,1840. 

IIL  Louisa,  m.  April  27th,  1841,  Eev.  T.  W.  Chambers. 

Children,  1.  Mary  Ege,  b.  March  28,  1843,  d.  Nov.  16, 
1843 ;  2.  Frederick  Frelinghuysen,  b.  April  10, 1845  ;  3.  Arthur 
De  Puy,  b.  May  1,  1847  ;  4.  Theodore  Frelinghuysen,  b.  May 
14,  1849;  5.  Elizabeth  Yan  Yechten,  b.  Aug.  24th,  1852,  d. 
Nov.  16,  1855 ;  6.  Talbot  Eowland,  b.  June  27,  1855  ;  7.  John 
Frelinghuysen,  b.  Oct.  13,  1857;  8.  Louise  Schieffelin.  b, 
Nov.  10,  1859 ;  9.  Hilary  Konald,  b.  .Jan.  25,  1863 ;  10. 
Katharine  Yan  Nest,  b.  April  6,  1865  ;  11.  Sarah  Freling- 
huysen, b.  Sep.  22,  1868. 

lY.  Elizabeth  La  Grange,  m.  1838,  Hem-y  Robert  Kennedy. 

Children,  1.  John  Frelinghuysen,  b.  Feb.  7,  1840;  2. 
Miriam  Eay,  b.  Sep.  30,  1841,  d.  Nov.  17,  1861;  3.  Robert 
Henry,  b.  May  12,  1843  ;  4.  Theodore  Frelinghuysen,  b. 
March  0,  1846;  5.  Beulah  Elizabeth,  b.  Dec.  22,  1848;  6. 


136    . 

Louisa  Freliuglmjseu,  b.  Nov.  25,  1856,  cl.  May  IS,  1874. 

y.  Theodore,  b.  March  11, 18M. 

VL  Frederick  J.,  b.  Oct.  12,  181S,  ni.  Dec.  27,  1855, 
Victoria  Bowen  Sherman. 

Children,  1.  Charlotte  Sherman,  b.  Nov.  3,  1856;  2. 
John  b.  Sep.  17,  1858 ;  3.  Elizabeth,  b.  March  6,  1861,  d. 
Aug.  28,  1866 ;  4.  Theodore,  b.  Nov.  30,  1864,  d.  Sep.  3, 
1866 ;  5.  Joseph  Sherman,  b.  March  12,  1869 ;  6.  Clarence, 
b.  Oct.  5,  18ji^,  d.  April  29,  1874. 

VII.  Catharine. 

VIII.  Sallie. 

IX.  Sophia,     d. 

I.  Susan,  b.  June  16,  1813,  m.  W.  D.  Waterman,  d.  Aug. 
11,  1863. 

II.  Gertrude  Ann,  b.  Sep.  20,  1814,  m.  1836,  Dr.  Wm. 
T.  Mercer. 

Children,  1.  Charlotte;  2.  Frederick;  3.  Gertrude;  4. 
Theodore  ;  5.  William ;  6.  Archil)ald  ;  7.  Dumont. 

III.  Dumont,  b.  Feb.  8,  1816,  m.  Martina  Van  Derveer. 

IV.  Frederick,  b.  Aug.  4,  1817,  m.  1839,  Matilda  E.  Gris- 
wold. 

Children,  1.  Matilda  G. ;  2.  Charlotte  Louise ;  3.  Fred- 
erick ;  4.  George  G.  ;  5.  Sarah  Helen ;  6.  Theodore. 

He  was  made  Att'y.  Gen,  of  N.  J.  in  1861  and  again  in 
1866.  Was  elected  to  U.  S.  Senate  for  unexpired  term  of 
three  years  in  1867,  and  again,  for  full  term  of  six  years,  in 
1871.  He  was  offered  the  position  of  Minister  to  England, 
by  President  Grant,  but  declined  it ;  he  was  a  member  of  the 
^?lectoral  commission  in  1876,  and  became  Secretary  of  State 
in  188  L  under  the  administration  of  President  Arthur. 

V.  Maria  Louisa,  b.  March  6,  1819,  m.  Oct.  6, 1857,  John 
C.  Elmendorf. 

Children,  John  Edward  Brinkerhoff,  b.  Aug.  3,  1858. 

VI.  John  Theodore,  b.  Nov.  4,  1820,  d.  Nov.  12,  1820. 


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